(For Office Use Only) NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY ACCIDENT MANUAL 2009 PREFACE This is the first issue of Accident Manual for N.W.R. This Manual brings together in comprehensive manner all instructions, rules & regulations and guidelines issued from time to time on the subject of Railway Accidents. The staff is required to read the Manual carefully and follow the instructions contained therein. It is imperative that all railway officials, and especially those who are required to deal with accidents, should be fully conversant with the provisions of the Accident Manual. Since concern for the safety of the travelling public is paramount, all railway employees are expected to display spontaneous initiative in accident management. No efforts should be spared in providing safe travel to people and reliable transit to freight. The staff, for which specific duties during accidents have been laid down in the manual, will be supplied with a copy of this Manual. It is expected that they will be familiar with its contents. Any error or omission in these Rules should be brought to the notice of the Chief Operations Manager. Rules in this Manual have been numbered according to a system in which the last two digits indicate the para number and the first one digit the chapter number. This Manual does not supersede or alter the rules contained in the General and Subsidiary Rules Book along with the Amendment slips issued from time to time or other statutory publications like the Conference Rules etc. Additions and Amendments to the rules will be notified in the form of Amendment Slips. It is the duty of all railway servants to whom this book is issued to obtain the Amendment Slips from his superiors and maintain this book up to date. All amendments/ additions shall be recorded in the Register of Amendment Slips. This Manual is solely meant for official use and is not for sale or use by the public. This book is the property of the Administration and should be returned by the holder on leaving service. R.L. Meena Ajay Shukla Dy. Chief Operations Manager(S) Chief Operations Manager CONTENTS Para No. Subject Page CHAPTER-1 PART-I DEFINITIONS 101 Train 1 102 Passenger Train 1 103 Other Trains 1 104 Accident 1 105. Serious Accident 1 106. Disaster 1 107 Injuries 2 108. Threshold Value 2 109. Serious damage to Property 2 110. Slight damage to property 2 111. Breach of Block Rules 2 112. Averted Collisions 3 113. Sabotage 3 114. Train Wrecking 3 115. Attempted Train Wrecking 3 116. Railway Property 3 117. Public property 3 118. Department 3 119. Cattle 3 120. Railway Premises 3 PART-II GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 121. Scope of the rules 3 122. Acquaintance with the rules 4 123. Objectives in dealing with accidents 4 124. Resources of all Departments to be made available 4 125. Every Official to render all possible assistance 4 126. General duties of Station Master in case of an accident 4 127. General duties of Guard of the train involved in an accident 4 128. General duties of Engine Crew in case of an accident 5 129. Duties of staff in the event of the Guard or Engine Crew 5 being killed or seriously injured 130. Duties of Railway Officials present 6 131. Duties of the Ticket Checking Staff (TTE/Conductor/Train 6 Supdt. etc., on board) in case of accident (i) CHAPTER- II CLASSIFICATION OF ACCIDENTS AND OFFICIALS TO BE ADVISED 201. Classification of Accident 7 202. Detailed classification of Accidents 8 CHAPTER- III REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS 301. Action by the Railway Servant who observes- 21 302. Action to be taken by the Station Master receiving 21 advice of an accident 303. Action by the Controlling Station Master on 21 receipt of an advice of the accident 304. Accident Messages/telegrams 21 305. Writing of Accident Messages/Telegrams 22 306. Accident messages/ telegrams for Divisional 22 Railway Manager received outside office hours 307. Accident messages/ telegrams for General 22 Manager received outside office hours 308. Accident Reports 22 309. Accidents in Loco or Store yards and 23 Engineering open line or construction works 310. Accidents in Workshops 23 311. Accidents on contiguous Railways 23 312. Action to be taken by Control Office 24 for reporting of Accident 313. Duties of Chief Controller for reporting the accident 24 314. (1) Telephonic Report to Zonal Railway (Headquarters office) 24 (2) The details of the accident should be given in the following proforma 315. Officers to be reported of Accidents 27 316. Written report to the Headquarters Office 27 317. Action to be taken by Emergency Control 27 (Headquarter Office) on receipt of information about accidents from the Divisional Control Office 318. Reportable train accidents 28 319. Telephonic Report to the Railway Board 28 320. Detailed report to the Railway Board 29 321. Report to Civil Authority 29 322. Report to Military Authorities 30 323. Report to the Chief Inspector of Explosives 30 324. Report to Postal Authorities 30 325. Report to the Press by Public Relations Officer 31 326. Report to Commissioner of Railway Safety 31 327. Number of casualties 31 (ii) CHAPTER- IV ACTION TO BE TAKEN IN CASE OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS 401. Objectives to be aimed at 33 A. ATTENTION TO THE INJURED 402. Medical aid to the persons hurt in accident 33 403. Messages/Telegrams for medical assistance 33 404. Calling for medical assistance from hospitals 33 405. List of medical practitioners 33 406. Action to be taken by Control office 34 407. Control office should have the following items 34 for ready-reference and use 408. Priority for transporting the injured 35 409. First-Aid Equipment 35 410. Station Masters and Shed Foremen to maintain 36 lists of first-aid workers 411. List of the hospitals and dispensaries 36 412. Every facility to be given to Railway Doctors 36 to reach the site of accident 413. Precautions to be observed in handling injured persons 36 414. Refreshment to be given free to the injured persons 36 and other deserving passengers 415. Instructions regarding Relief Catering Boxes 37 416. Temporary hospital at site of accident 37 417. Station Masters to maintain list of drivers of 37 Rail­way road vehicles 418. Arrangements for reception of patients at 37 non-Railway hospitals 419. Care of injured persons arriving at hospital station 37 420. Railway doctor to accompany injured persons to 38 non-Railway hospitals 421. Free telegrams and letters regarding welfare of the 38 passengers and condition of the injured 422. Giving of free passes to kith and kin 38 423. Duties of Asstt. Divisional Medical Officer 38 424. Duties of MS, Sr. DMO, DMO 40 B. PROTECTION OF PROPERTY 425 Duties of Divisional Security Officer 41 (iii) C. RELIEF TRAIN ARRANGEMENTS 426. Sounding of Accident Alarm Signals/Hooters/Sirens 41 427. Accident Relief Medical Equipment and Auxiliary Van 42 428. A. Target time for turning out of Medical Relief Van 42 from the siding and their despatch from the stations B. Target time for turning out of Accident Relief Train 429. Promptness in movement of ARME and ART 43 430. Maintenance of Relief Trains 43 431. Drills ( Mock Drill and Accident Drill) 44 432. Portable control telephone and phonophore equip­ment 45 433. Civil and Police Officials to be given opportunity to 46 proceed to site of accident by relief trains 434 Ticket collectors, vendors, licensed porters etc. 46 to accompany relief trains 435 Mechanical Branch to be given every assistance 46 in clearing the line D. EXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE AND PRESERVATION OF CLUES 436. Duties of Officer or Senior Subordinate first reaching the site 46 437. Duties of Way & Works Branch 48 438. Duties of Mechanical Branch 49 439. Action in cases of suspected train wrecking or sabotage 49 E. DUTIES OF OFFICIALS DEALING WITH SERIOUS ACCIDENTS 440. Every Official to render all possible assistance 49 441. Duties of SM/SS receiving advice of an accident 49 442. Duties of Section Trains Controller 50 443. A. Duties of Power Controller 50 B. Duties of Traction Power Controller C. Duties of Traction Loco Controller 444. Duties of Controlling Station Master 51 445. Duties of Dy. Chief Trains Controller 51 446. Duties of Chief Trains Controller 52 447. A. Duties of Sr. DOM/DOM 52 B. Duties of Sr. DSO/DSO 448. Duties of Sr. DCM/DCM 53 449. Duties of Sr. Divisional Mechanical Engineers 54 450 Duties of Sr. Divisional Engineer 55 451. Duties of Sr. DSTE/DSTE 55 452. Duties of Officer-in-charge of transhipment arrangements 55 453. Duties of Divisional Security Officer 56 454. Duties of Asstt. Divisional Medical Officer 56 (i v) 455. Duties of Divisional Medical Officer/A.D.M.O. 56 456. Duties of Divisional Railway Manager 56 457. Duties of Dy. COM(Safety) /Dy.CME(Safety) 56 / Dy.CSTE(Safety)/ Dy.CE(Safety) 458. Duties of Headquarters Office 57 459. Duties of Chief Public Relations Officer 57 460. Duties of Chief Safety Officer 57 461. Duties of Law Officer 57 462. Duties of Electrical Officers 58 463. Duties of Sr. DPO/DPO 59 464. Joint Note 60 CHAPTER-V ACCIDENT ENQUIRES 501. Object of Inquiry 61 502 Inquiry when necessary 61 503. (A) Classification 61 (B) Level of Inquiry 504. Time schedules for enquiries 62 505. Commissioner of Railway Safety’s Inquiry 63 506 Arranging attendance of Rly. Servants at the 63 place of Judicial Inquiry or Inquiries conducted by Commissioner of Railway Safety or a Magistrate 507. Officer’s Joint Inquiry 63 508. Senior Subordinate’s Joint Inquiry 64 509. Departmental Inquiry 64 510. Enquiries into accidents at stations worked by N.