CMDR CONF 22 MAR 96

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BRO SAFETY
Railhead Safety Briefing
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BRO SAFETY
Topics

• Pre-mission Hazard/Risk Assessment (Planning
  Phase)
• Key Personnel Requirements
• Pre-railhead Operational and Briefing
  Requirements
• Safety Equipment Requirements
• On and Off Loading Requirements
• Safety Briefing Requirements Around Power Lines
• Ground Guiding
• Crew and Guards on Train

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RAILHEAD OPERATIONS
Pre-mission Site Hazard/Risk Assessment

• High voltage wires near loads and personnel
• Height of drop off from loading ramp
• Ground guiding
• Driving on and off railcars
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Forklift and Crane Operations
• Supervisory personnel availability

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RAILHEAD OPERATIONS

• Key Personnel
  Requirements
• Identify Safety and Supervisor/NCOIC/OIC
  Engineer Tape
• and Kevlar Chem-lite
• Identify Ground Guides Reflective Vests
  Flashlights Chem-Lite
• Each shift must have a minimum of one safety
  officer, one railhead
• commander and one train commander
• Ensure that all personnel have had adequate
  rest
• Food, Water, Warm-up Area

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RAILHEAD OPERATIONS

Pre-Railhead Operational Requirements

• High voltage power lines Walking tour of the
  site
• Railcars been cleaned prior to loading
• Remove antennas from vehicles
• Sufficient lighting
• Supervisors and NCOIC/OIC been briefed on
  hazards
• Height of drop-off from loading ramp

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RAILHEAD OPERATIONS

Pre-Railhead Operational Requirements

• Have key personnel been identified prior to
  loading
• operations? Do they know their duties?
• Is medical support on site
• Have tie-down materials and sufficient tools
  been inspected
• Has over-size equipment been identified and
  marked
• Have methods of communications been established
• Do vehicles meet 10-20 standards prior to
  movement

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RAILHEAD OPERATIONS

• Safety Equipment Needed
• Reflective Vest - Ground Guides
• Flash lights Chem.- lites Light sets
• Hard hats/Kevlar
• Gloves
• Engineer tape
• Proper tools for blocking and bracing operations

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RAILHEAD OPERATIONS
On and Off load Requirements

• Ensure that ground guides are properly trained
  for day night
• Operations to include hand and arm signals
• Identify inexperienced drivers prior to
  operation
• Only the most experienced driver will drive
  vehicles on and off
• railcars

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RAILHEAD OPERATIONS
Safety Briefing Requirements Around Power Lines

• Live power lines

• Electrified feeder lines conductor rails
  beside the
• tracks
• Mounting parts and insulators of electrified
  lines
• Safety zone of 10 meters around broken power
  lines
• Power lines which are shut off but not grounded

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RAILHEAD OPERATIONS
Safety Briefing Requirements Around Power Lines

• A person who has been electrocuted while he or
  she
• is still in contact with a live power line that
  has not been
• grounded
• Live power line through a stream of water
• Stay away at least 1.5 meters (5 feet) from
  overhead power
• line facilities and trains when running

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RAILHEAD OPERATIONS
Ground Guiding

• Use hand and arm signals.
• Ground guides will not be on the same railcar
  as a moving
• vehicle during guiding.
• Dont run, walk backwards, or place yourself in
  a
• dangerous position between two vehicles.
• Dont walk under suspended loads.
• Know how to ground guide ( FM 31-60 USAREUR
• Pam 385-15 and 385-55).

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RAIL OPERATIONS
Crew and Guards on Train

• Prior to boarding, all personnel will be
  briefed on their
• assigned duties while riding the train
• Once on the train, no one leaves the train
  without being
• told to get off train by the person in charge
• No one may ride in vehicle or equipment being
  transported
• by rail
• Do not climb on vehicles or equipment being
  transported
• Do not touch or approach any wires, poles or
  switches.

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RAIL OPERATIONS
Crew and Guards on Train

• Do not throw anything out the window of the
  train.
• Absolutely no mounting or dismounting from a
  moving train.
• In an emergency, the train commander will
  contact the train
• coordinator aboard the train. He will render all
  possible
• assistance.
• No intoxicating beverages will be purchased,
  consumed or
• carried on the train.

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RAIL OPERATIONS
Crew and Guards on Train

• No riding on platforms, steps and roofs of
  railcars or in baggage
• car
• No pulling of emergency brake, except in case
  of an actual
• emergency
• No extending of head or limbs out of windows
• No moving between railcars, except when
  authorized by the
• train commander

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RAIL OPERATIONS
Questions or Comments