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Federal Railroad Administration Track and Rail and Infrastructure Integrity Compliance Manual Volume III Railroad Workplace Safety Chapter 3 Roadway Worker Protection March 2018 Track and Rail and Infrastructure Integrity Compliance Manual Volume III, Chapter 3 – March 2018 Table of Contents Contents CHAPTER 3 Roadway Worker Protection ................................................................................. 4 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 4 Summary ............................................................................................................................ 4 Principles ............................................................................................................................ 4 Railroad On-track Safety Programs ..................................................................................... 4 Documentation of On-Track Safety Programs ...................................................................... 5 § 214.301 Purpose and scope. ......................................................................................... 6 § 214.303 Railroad on-track safety programs, generally. ................................................... 6 § 214.307 On-track safety programs. ....................................................................... 7 § 214.309 On-track safety manual. ................................................................................... 8 § 214.311 Responsibility of employers. ............................................................................10 § 214.313 Responsibility of individual roadway workers. ..................................................12 § 214.315 Supervision and communication. .....................................................................13 § 214.317 On-track safety procedures, generally. ............................................................17 § 214.318 Locomotive servicing and car shop repair track areas. ....................................22 § 214.319 Working limits, generally. .................................................................................25 § 214.320 Roadway maintenance machine movements over signalized non-controlled track. ..................................................................................................................................29 § 214.321 Exclusive track occupancy. ..............................................................................31 § 214.322 Exclusive track occupancy, electronic display. ................................................39 § 214.323 Foul time. ........................................................................................................43 § 214.325 Train coordination. ..........................................................................................44 § 214.327 Inaccessible track. ...........................................................................................45 § 214.329 Train approach warning provided by watchmen/lookouts. ................................50 § 214.331 Definite train location. ......................................................................................53 § 214.333 Informational line-ups of trains. ........................................................................54 § 214.335 On-track safety procedures for roadway work groups, general. .......................54 § 214.336 On-track safety procedures for certain roadway work groups and adjacent tracks. ................................................................................................................................55 § 214.336(a)(1) Procedures; general – General rule ...................................................55 § 214.336(a)(2) Procedures; general – Special circumstance arising in territories with at least three tracks, if an occupied track is between two adjacent controlled tracks ........................................................................................................57 § 214.336(b) Procedures for adjacent-controlled track movements Over 25 mph for freight and over 40 mph for passenger ..............................................60 § 214.336(b)(1) Ceasing work and occupying a predetermined place of safety ....................................................................................................................................60 § 214.336(b)(1) When work must cease ................................................................62 § 214.336(b)(1) Where work must cease ...............................................................62 § 214.336(b)(2)(i) Resuming work after trailing-end has passed ........................64 § 214.336(b)(2)(ii) If the train or other on-track equipment stops before its trailing-end has passed ..................................................................................................................64 § 214.336(c) Procedures for adjacent-controlled track movements 25 mph or less for freight or 40 mph or less for passenger ............................................................65 § 214.336(d) Discretion of roadway worker in charge ...........................................66 3.3.1 Track and Rail and Infrastructure Integrity Compliance Manual Volume III, Chapter 3 – March 2018 § 214.336(e) Exceptions to the requirements in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) for adjacent-controlled track on-track safety ...............................................................67 § 214.336(e)(1), On-ground work performed on a side of the occupied track meeting specified condition(s) ...............................................................................67 § 214.336(e)(2) Maintenance or repairs performed either alongside, or within the perimeter of, machines or equipment on the occupied track .....................69 § 214.336(e)(3) Work activities involving certain equipment and purposes ......71 § 214.336(f) Procedures for components of roadway maintenance machines fouling an adjacent controlled track .......................................................................74 Table 1–Summary of On-Track Safety Procedures for Certain Roadway Work Groups and Adjacent Tracks ...................................................................................................76 Figure 1, Examples Applying §214.336, On-Track Safety Procedures for Certain Roadway Work Groups and Adjacent Tracks ..............................................................79 Supplementary Guidance for § 214.336 ......................................................................81 § 214.336(a)(1) Procedures; general – General rule ...................................................81 § 214.336(a)(3) Procedures; general – Definitions ......................................................81 § 214.336(b)(1) Ceasing work and occupying a predetermined place of safety ...........82 § 214.336(c) Procedures for adjacent-controlled track movements 25 mph or less for freight or 40 mph or less for passenger .......................................................................82 § 214.336(e)(1) On-ground work performed on a side of the occupied track meeting specified condition(s) ..................................................................................................83 § 214.336(e)(3) Maintenance or repairs performed either alongside, or within the perimeter of, machines or equipment on the occupied track ........................................83 § 214.337 On-track safety procedures for lone workers. ...................................................85 § 214.339 Audible warning from trains. ............................................................................89 § 214.341 Roadway maintenance machines. ...................................................................92 § 214.343 Training and qualification, general. .................................................................94 § 214.345 Training for all roadway workers. ....................................................................96 § 214.347 Training and qualification for lone workers. ......................................................97 § 214.349 Training and qualification of watchmen/lookouts. .............................................98 § 214.351 Training and qualification of flagmen. ............................................................100 § 214.353 Training and qualification of each roadway worker in charge. ........................ 101 § 214.355 Training and qualification of each roadway worker in on-track safety for operators of roadway maintenance machines. .................................................................................103 § 214.357 Training and qualification for operators of roadway maintenance machines equipped with a crane. .....................................................................................................104 Appendix – Defect Codes................................................................................................. 108 3.3.2 Track and Rail and Infrastructure Integrity Compliance Manual Volume III, Chapter 3 – March 2018 March 2018 Release Note (Volume III, Chapter 3): • This release contains up-to-date guidance for implementing the Roadway Worker Protection (RWP) rule revised as of October 1, 2017. • All technical bulletins regarding RWP dated before March 1, 2018 are deemed to be superseded by this guidance. Text in italic font of this manual is regulatory language, whereas indented paragraphs provide field guidance for FRA inspectors.