Accident Manual

KONKAN RAILWAY CORPORATION LIMITED ACCIDENT MANUAL JUNE 2012 OPERATING (SAFETY) ORGANISATION PREFACE he Accident Manual is a compendium of all T instructions, rules and regulations and guidelines issued from time to time on the subject of Railway Accidents. The second edition of Accident Manual was published in Konkan Railways in the year 2004. Updated third edition of 2012 contains a topic on Disaster Management as well as the correction slips issued since then. Accident Manual should be gone through by all the Railway officials, staff who are required to deal with train operations directly or indirectly and those who have to maintain the Railway Assets. All Railway officials should be fully aware and conversant with the provisions of the Accident Manual, General and Subsidiary Rules and Safety Circulars issued from time to time. However, whenever there is conflict in the instructions, the provisions of General and Subsidiary Rules will get priority. Let us take solemn pledge to make the travel safe and justify our moto ‘Sadar Seva’. 13th June, 2012 Konkan Railway, CBD Belapur, (B. P. TAYAL) Navi Mumbai 400614. Managing Director To Railwaymen his Manual brings together in comprehensive manner T all the rules, regulation 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. This Manual is to be kept upto date by pasting correction slips as and when the same are issued. And should be recorded in the register of amendments/additions along with the particulars pertaining to the rules, date, page No. etc. Suggestions for improving the contents of this Manual should be addressed to the Chief Operations Manager. 12th June, 2012 Konkan Railway, CBD Belapur, (S. P. DUDHE) Navi Mumbai 400614. Chief Operations Manager INDEX Sr. No. Description Page No. CHAPTER NO – 1 DEFINITIONS 101 Train 01 102 Passenger Train 01 103 Other Trains 01 104 Accident 01 105 Serious Accident 01 106 Injuries 02 107 Train Accidents 03 108 Consequential train accident 03 109 Other train accidents 03 110 Yard Accident 03 111 Indicative Accident 03 112 Equipment failures 03 113 Unusual incidents 04 114 Reportable Train Accidents 04 115 Collision 04 116 Derailment 04 117 Fire 04 118 Averted Collision 04 119 Breach of Block Rules 05 120 Sabotage 05 121 Train Wrecking 05 i Sr. No. Description Page No. 122 Attempted Train Wrecking 05 123 Capsized Coach / Wagon 05 124 Level Crossing 05 125 Threshold Value 05 CHAPTER NO – 2 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS AND ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT 201 Scope of the Rules 07 202 Distribution of the Accident Manual 07 203 Acquaintance with the Rules 07 204 Objectives in dealing with accidents 08 205 Duty of Railway Servant 08 206 Every Railway Servant to render all possible assistance 08 207 General duties of Station Master in case of an Accident 09 208 Preparatory items and Reference check lists 09 209 Lists for ready reference 10 210 Controlling Stations 11 211 Ordering of relief arrangements 11 212 Action to be taken when accident alarm, siren/hooter is sounded 11 213 Facility to other Officials 11 214 Precedence of ART /ARM & MFDTV 12 215 Medical Assistance 12 216 Communication Equipment 12 217 Charge of site by SM 12 ii Sr. No. Description Page No. 218 Sending of passenger relief train to the site of Accident 12 219 Sending of accident relief train, medical Van and senior officers to the site of accident by the contiguous Railway 12 220 Medial Relief 13 221 Speedy Transport of injured persons to hospital stations 13 222 Examination of Grievous / Simple injury 13 223 Facility to Railway doctor to reach site of accident 14 224 Refreshments and vendors to accompany relief trains 14 225 Refreshments to be given to passenger involved 14 226 Temporary hospital at the site of the accident 14 227 Arrangements for reception of patients at non-Railway Hospitals 14 228 Care of injured persons arriving at hospital station 15 229 Information of the condition of the passengers injured or dead 15 230 Issue of Complimentary passes to the next of kin of the victims as well as to the surviving victims of Railway accidents 15 231 Ex – gratia payment to the injured or to the next of kin of the deceased victims 15 232 Referring of the injured persons to private hospitals 15 233 Railway doctor to accompany injured persons to non Railway hospitals 16 234 Care of dead Bodies 16 235 Recording of information of injured / dead 17 236 Submission of reports regarding injured / dead 17 237 Important facts, noting of 18 238 Duties of way and Works Branch 18 iii Sr. No. Description Page No. 239 Duties of Mechanical Branch 19 240 Joint observations and join Readings – Responsibility of Senior most Inspector / Supervisor 19 241 No tempering with the evidence unless joint observations are taken 19 242 Preservation of Clues 19 243 Clearing Operations 20 244 Nomination of an official in case of serious accidents to disseminate information to Press / Media 21 245 Working of Traffic when a serious accident takes place 22 246 Resumption of normal working 22 CHAPTER – 3 CLASSIFICATION OF ACCIDENTS 301 Classification of Accidents 23 302 Train Accidents 23 303 Yard Accidents 24 304 Indicative Accidents 24 305 Equipment Failures 24 306 Unusual Incidents 24 307 Detailed Classification of Accidents 24 CHAPTER NO – 4 REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS AND OTHER OCCURANCES 401 Prompt Information by all Railway Servants 32 402 First Information Report 32 403 Communication by the SM / In charge of the section receiving advice of an accident 33 iv Sr. No. Description Page No. 404 Action to be taken by Section Controller 34 405 Reporting of Accidents to HQ 35 406 Report to the Commissioner of Railway Safety 35 407 Information to the Press by the Public Relation Dept. 36 408 Reporting of Accidents to Railway Board 36 409 System for reporting of accident to Railway Board 37 410 Priority list and Officers of Railway Board to be informed. 38 411 Detailed Report to the Railway Board 38 412 Regular Feed Back from site to Control Office to Headquarters Control and Headquarters to Railway Board 38 413 Message from the Senior most officer at site 38 414 Detailed Report to be sent to the COM 39 415 All concerned accident message to be sent by the Station Masters 39 416 Accidents falling in more than one class 39 417 Reclassification of Accidents 39 418 Accidents at Joint Stations and etc. 39 419 Rules for the preparation of accident returns 40 420 Collection, Compilation and Monthly statement of Accident Statistics 41 421 Check list of information to be conveyed to Board on phone 42 CHAPTER NO – 5 DUTY LISTS AND CHECK LISTS 501 Important Duties of Guard in case of an accident 45 502 Important duties of Loco pilot and Assistant Loco pilot in case of an Accident 46 v Sr. No. Description Page No. 503 Duties of staff in the event of the Guard or Engine Crew being killed or seriously injured 46 504 Duties of Railway Officials present 46 505 Duties of Train Superintendents / Assistants / TTEs / Catering Staff at sites 47 506 Duties of Station Master in the case of Accidents 47 507 Duties of Station Master of Adjacent Station 48 508 Duties of Section Controller 48 509 Duties of Chief Controller 51 510 Duties of Operating official 52 511 Duties of Commercial official 53 512 Duties of Engineering official 54 513 Duties of Loco Inspector 55 514 Duties of Mechanical official 56 515 Duties of Signal & Telecommunication official 57 516 Duties of Electrical Department official 58 517 Duties of RPF officials 59 518 Duties of Medical Department official 59 519 Duties of Safety Officer at site 60 520 Duties of Officer – in – charge at the site 61 CHAPTER NO – 6 PROCEDURE FOR DEALING WITH CASES OF SABOTAGE OR TRAIN WRECKING 601 General 63 602 Staff when a derailment or other serious consequences take place due to suspected sabotage 63 vi Sr. No. Description Page No. 603 Information to the civil and police Authorities 63 604 Precautions by Engineering Supervisors 64 605 Duties of Officers and other Supervisors 64 606 Duties of the R.P.F. Staff 64 607 Wreckage, etc. Not to be disturbed until permission is given by the police 65 608 Joint examination by Civil, police and Railway Officials 65 609 Removal and examination of Rolling Stock 66 610 Examining the site for preparation of note and drawings 67 611 Arrangements for photographs and videographer 67 612 Restoration of communications 67 613 Preparation of plan for CRS’s or other inquiry 68 614 Notes and sketches to be carefully preserved 68 CHAPTER NO – 7 RELIEF AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT 701 Self Propelled Accident Relief Medical and MFD Tool Van (ARM & MFDTV) 69 702 Target time turning out of Accident Relief Medical and MFD Tool Van (ARM & MFDTV) from the siding and their despatch from the stations 69 703 Accident Relief Train 69 704 Target time for movement of Accident Relief Train 69 705 Promptness in movement of ARM & MFDTV and ART 70 706 Sounding of Accident alarm signals / Hooters/ Sirens 70 707 Arranging ARM & MFDTV and ART 71 708 Maintenance of ARM & MFDTV and ART 71 vii Sr. No. Description Page No. 709 Responsibility of Different Officials 71 710 Joint Inspections of ARM & MFDTV/ART 72 711 Accident Relief Medical Equipment Scale II 72 712 Maintenance of keys of ARM & MFDTV and ARME Scale II 72 713 Mock Drills 72 714 Trial Runs 73 715 First Aid Equipment 73 716 Catering Relief Boxes 73 717 Miscellaneous Equipment 73 718 Distinctive Arm Bands 73 CHAPTER NO – 8 ACCIDENTS AND UNUSUAL OCCURANCES (Additional Instructions) 801 Defects in Track 74 802 Detached Engine 75 803 Detached part of engine or vehicle on track 75 804 Protecting places under repair 76 805 Passengers getting into and out of moving vehicles 76 806 Explosion on track or train 76 807 Precaution against derailment of points 77 808 When carriage windows or doors are involved 77 809 Unsafe Bunds etc.

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