Rail infrastructure is an area of increased danger. Her work is carried out around the clock. From railway workers and passengers, the vital activity of the railway requires caution, vigilance, and increased attention. Here carelessness is not forgiven, ignoring the prescribed safety rules.
General safety rules when staying at railway facilities
In order to protect railway workers, railway passengers, people living in the immediate vicinity of the railway infrastructure, along with all dangerous and requiring special attention places, there are information posters, signs, signs, information stands, etc. Their main purpose is a warning and a call for increased vigilance.
The rules for locating them on the railway objects set out in them warn of the danger of railroad crossings in places that are not provided for this. Indicate the danger of walking on them. Inform about the inadmissibility of the placement on the rails of foreign objects. They warn of a ban on crossing the railway in front of a moving train, etc.
Reasons for developing and implementing security rules
However, as practice shows, the prescribed rules of conduct on railway tracks are not always followed by all.
Thus, statistics show that deaths and their disability continue to occur. All this happens due to ignoring the rules for being on the railway tracks. The number of victims of touching the contact network of the railway, the voltage of which is more than 27,000 volts, is not reduced.
In order to exclude this, as well as to warn people from other dangerous consequences, safety rules have been developed for citizens near railways, on landing platforms, in wagons, etc.
You also need to know that persons violating these rules are held liable, which is established by the current legislation of the Russian Federation.
General Provisions
The basic safety rules for pedestrians at railway track locations include the following:
- Crossing paths is allowed only in specially equipped places, on bridges equipped with crossings, tunnels. Within stations where there are no bridges or tunnels, pedestrians cross paths on equipped decks, as well as where there are appropriate permit signs.
- Passing through the flooring through the railway crossing, you need to make sure that there are no rolling stock in the visibility zone
- If the approach of the train is established, you must stop and skip the moving vehicle. After this, making sure that there is no movement along the adjacent path, you should finish the transition.
- When approaching the railway crossing, it is prescribed to monitor the warning signals (light, sound), the position of the barrier. Moving through the railway can be implemented with the barrier raised. If it is not provided for on the move, then you need to make sure that there is no approaching train.
Key Prohibitions
To all persons located near the railway:
- walking on them is prohibited;
- it is forbidden to cross, cross the railway in front of an approaching train when it is less than 400 m;
- after the passage of the train in one direction, it is impossible to cross the rails if it is established that the train in the opposite direction follows the adjacent path;
- it is unacceptable to move through the crossing when the barrier is closed or closes; it is also forbidden to do this in the presence of a red traffic signal;
- you cannot go along the railway if the distance to the nearest rail is less than 5 meters;
- if railway bridges, tunnels do not have specially equipped paths for pedestrians, then movement on them is unacceptable;
- it is impossible to climb the railway poles, to touch their descents that go from them to the rails. It is necessary to be at a distance of more than 2 m from the contact network or other railway systems which are energized. Touching them with your hands or any devices is not allowed;
- when establishing an electrical wire lying on the ground, it is required to bypass it, while the distance should be more than 8 m;
- one cannot sit on the rails or stand on them;
- electrical equipment of wagons or other rolling stock must not be touched by any part of the body, nor should it be contacted through objects.
Rules for the safe location of workers on railway tracks
Railway employees, which include inspectors, inspectors, repairmen, locksmiths, must comply with a number of rules, the main of which are the following:
- to places of work it is necessary to go exclusively by special routes, which are indicated by signs bearing the inscription "service passage";
- when passing along the railway tracks within the station, you need to move only along a wide inter-track or near the road, I adhere to the curb. The distance from the extreme rail should be more than 2.5 m. When driving, you should observe the movement of the rolling stock on adjacent tracks. Look under your feet to exclude contacts with limit and picket posts;
- the rules for being on the railway prescribe that they must be crossed exclusively at right angles. Before this, you need to make sure that there is no moving train within sight that can be at a dangerous distance;
- if there are wagons on the tracks, it is allowed to cross them through transitional wagon platforms that have steps, handrails. It is necessary to go down to the carriage, having found out that there is no traffic along the neighboring railway;
- locomotives and wagons located on the tracks, it is advisable to bypass at a distance of 5 m or more from automatic couplings;
- between cars that are disconnected, you can only move when the distance between their automatic couplers exceeds 10 m;
- the rules for staying on railroads require that you pay attention to the light signals of traffic lights, warning signs, and sound signals.
What is forbidden to railway workers
Safety rules while on the railway tracks have a number of points that indicate a list of prohibitions, namely:
- it is unacceptable to move through the railway in front of a train moving along it, which includes locomotives, motor vehicles, railcars, as well as other means. Also, you can’t cross the path immediately after the train that passed along it without making sure that the oncoming train does not move along the neighboring one;
- the rules for the safe presence of workers on railway tracks indicate that it is forbidden to move under the wagons;
- to be on the steps of locomotives, wagons, descend from them if these vehicles are in motion;
- in the space between the railway tracks in the case of movement along them non-stop trains can not be;
- make the transition through the rails in the areas of the location of switches (marksman);
- when passing through the railway, it becomes at the end of the sleepers, on rail heads;
- Do not use travel boxes, choke transformers, or other ground railway devices for recreation.
Safety rules for certain categories of railway workers
Inspectors, inspectors, repairmen, locksmiths are not allowed to:
- stand, move, work under a load that is in a raised position or during transportation;
- make contact (touch) with electric wires, step on them;
- be in the depot, in the territories marked with the signs “Caution! Oversized place ”, stay close to such places if the passage of the train is carried out there;
- when you are on the railway tracks you can’t use mobile phones, gadgets;
- the rules for locating railway workers on railway tracks require the following: before leaving the buildings, heating points, or other premises that make it difficult to view the situation, employees must make sure that the train is not moving along the tracks; in the dark, you must wait a certain period for the eyes to get used to the dark.
Compliance with safety regulations on electrified sections of the railway
Railway workers, who owe duty on the electrified sections of railway tracks, are prohibited from:
- approach the wires, sections of the contact network, which are energized, to a distance of less than 2 m. The rule of being on the railway tracks means that it is unacceptable to carry out work on the roofs of rolling stock, to inspect them until the voltage is disconnected and an appropriate order from the work manager will follow;
- make contacts with dangling wires, foreign objects located under them. In this case, it does not matter whether they relate to earth or other grounded structures.
Actions for establishing damage to the contact network
Railway workers who have established that network elements are broken are required to immediately notify management of the situation. You must remain in place until the arrival of the repair team. The hazardous area must be protected, providing a radius of the safe zone of 8 meters or more.
The rules for staying on railway tracks for workers are prescribed in a situation where the railway worker is in the zone of step voltage, to leave it immediately. In this case, certain rules must be observed, namely: bring the feet together, slowly, in small steps not exceeding the length of the foot, without lifting the feet off the ground, to leave the danger zone. You can do this by jumping.