Accident Manual Is a Compendium of All Instructions, Rules, Regulations and Guidelines Issued from Time to Time on the Subject of Railway Accidents
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AC C IDENT MANUAL (For official use only) WEST CENTRAL RAILWAY DECEMBER 2004 PREFACE The Accident Manual is a compendium of all instructions, rules, regulations and guidelines issued from time to time on the subject of railway accidents. This is the first edition of Accident Manual brought out by West Central Railway. The edition contains the instructions issued upto 31st Oct.2004. Relevant provisions of Indian Railway Act, 1989 have been incorporated in the Manual. Accident Manual should be studied carefully by all Railwaymen who are connected with train operation, maintenance of assets and should find a place in their personal equipment. The provisions contained in the Manual are in conformity with the General and Subsidiary rules (G&SR). However, whenever there is a conflict in the instructions in the manual and the G&SR the provisions of General and Subsidiary Rules will apply. I hope that the Manual will not only act as a reference book on accidents but also help in creating safety awareness in Railwaymen. Date: 11/12/2004 (D.K.GUPTA) Place: Jabalpur. GENERAL MANAGER TO OUR RAILWAY MEN The first edition of this manual of West Central Railway brings together in comprehensive manner all the rules, regulations and procedures for dealing with accidents. Every Railway servant who is required to deal with accidents should be in possession of this Manual and be thoroughly conversant with its contents. The Instructions contained in this Manual should be read in conjunction with the General Rules for open lines of Railways and the subsidiary rules thereunder and other rules/instructions issued from time to time for safe working of trains. Amendment slips to be issued in future will be on page replacement basis and the correct page should be inserted at the proper location in the manual after removing the old page. Each page replaced should be recorded in the register of amendments/additions along with the particulars pertaining to the rules, date, page No. etc., and obtain signature of the immediate supervising officials to that effect. If any amendment slip is not received, the same should be obtained from the authorities concerned. The rules in this manual have been numbered in 3 digit code in which the 1st denotes the No. of the Chapter and last 2 digits indicate the No. of the paragraph. For example, No.213 denotes para 13 of Chapter II. This manual is the property of West Central Railway and should be surrendered before an employee leaves Railway Service. V. K. Sangal V. N. Tripathi Chief Safety Officer Chief Operations Manager Date : 11/12/2004 Place : Jabalpur CONTENTS CHAPTER - I DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION OF ACCIDENTS Definitions 101. Train ................................................................................................... 1 102. Passenger Train ..................................................................................... 1 103. Other Trains .......................................................................................... 1 104. Accident .............................................................................................. 1 105. Serious Accident .................................................................................... 1 106. Reportable Train Accidents ....................................................................... 2 107. Derailment ........................................................................................... 2 108. Averted Collision .................................................................................... 2 109. Injuries ................................................................................................ 2 110. Breach of Block Rules ............................................................................. 3 111. Sabotage ............................................................................................. 3 112. Train Wrecking ...................................................................................... 3 113. Attempted Train Wrecking......................................................................... 3 114. Capsized Coach / Wagon ......................................................................... 3 Classification of accidents 115. Classification of Accidents ....................................................................... 4 116. Train Accident ....................................................................................... 4 117. Consequential train accidents ................................................................... 4 118. Other train accidents............................................................................... 5 119. Yard accidents ....................................................................................... 5 120. Indicative Accidents ................................................................................ 5 121. Equipment failures ................................................................................. 5 122. Unusual incidents .................................................................................. 5 123. Threshold value ..................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER - II REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS OR OTHER UNUSUAL OCCERENCES 201. Prompt information by all Railway Servants .................................................. 7 202. Open lines- Accidents on ........................................................................ 12 203. Reporting of Accidents to staff coming under factory act ................................ 12 204. Accident report ..................................................................................... 12 205. Advice to the Railway Board and local government ....................................... 13 206. Accidents reportable to Railway Board on telephone ..................................... 14 207. Reporting of accidents by divisions to Zonal Railway Head Quarter................... 15 208. Accidents in Non Traffic sidings or premises ................................................ 16 209. Failure of Track and OHE Maintenance Machine ........................................... 16 210. Rules for the preparation of accident returns ............................................... 16 211. Collection, Compilation and Monthly statements ........................................... 17 230 CONTENTS CHAPTER - III GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS AND DUTIES OF RAILWAY OFFICIALS IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT 301. Objectives ........................................................................................... 18 302. The essential tenets of successful Accident................................................. 18 303. Resources of all departments to be made available ....................................... 18 304. Every official to render all possible assistance ............................................. 19 305. Opening of emergency offices and other arrangements .................................. 19 306. Important duties of a Guard in case of an accident ........................................ 21 307. Important duties of Driver and Assistant Driver in case of an accident ............................................................................ 22 308. Duties of Staff in the event of the Guard or Engine Crew being killed or seriously injured ................................................................ 22 309. Duties of railway officials present .............................................................. 22 310. Duties of Train Superintendents / Conductors............................................... 22 311. Duties of Station Master in case of an accident ............................................ 23 312. Duties of Station Master of Adjacent Stations............................................... 24 313. Duties of Transportation Inspector ............................................................. 24 314. Duties of SE ( P.Way) and other P.Way staff ................................................ 25 315. Duties of Loco Inspector ......................................................................... 26 316. Duties of SE (C&W) ............................................................................... 26 317. Duties of Telecom Staff ........................................................................... 26 318. Duties of Commercial Inspector ................................................................ 26 319. Duties of Section Controller ..................................................................... 27 320. Duties of Dy. CHC / CHC (Punctuality) ...................................................... 28 321. Duties of Chief Controller ........................................................................ 28 322. Duties of Dy. CHC Incharge Central Control ................................................ 29 323. Duties of Officer-in-Charge of the division ................................................... 29 324. Duties of Officer-in-Charge at the site ........................................................ 30 325. Duties of Sr.DSO/DSO ........................................................................... 31 326. Duties of Sr.DEE/DEE (TD) ..................................................................... 31 327. Duties of Sr.DEE (TRO/TRS) ................................................................... 31 328. Duties of Sr. DEN/DEN ........................................................................... 32 329. Duties of Sr. DSTE/DSTE ........................................................................ 32