SAFETY HAZARD REPORTS (Incomplete)
SHR0212-03: MU cables laying around on the ground at Ducks, Chase and Squilax
Action (0410) Item brought back to table account unsure of status of
installation of brackets at various locations. Greely, Moberly and Squilax
outstanding. T. Marinier to investigate.
K. Sali reported there is
bracket at Squilax. MOTION
TO CARRY
SHR0310-07: Issue with VRU – being
rested for duty
Action (0410) K. Sali advised
that MTPL is an ongoing issue and will try to have OM’s
update to reflect a more accurate lineup.
Bob indicated he would like to push this issue to a higher level. Stan Bell indicated this issue has been
raised to National H&S Committee.
Bob indicated to carry in minutes to track. Bob further recommended NMC representation
for an upcoming 4 hour safety meeting.
MOTION
TO CARRY
SHR0401-04: Field Bunkhouse –
entranceway covered in ice and poorly lit.
Action (0410) Neil Higgins advised lights have been
installed. Work has started on
relocating entrance way.
MOTION
TO DELETE
SHR0401-07: White out conditions –
being brought into slide path after red form being issued.
(Action 0410) Bob & Paul to attend
meeting with Parks and Highways to discuss avalanche / winter preparedness.
Stan has requested RTC B McAstocker
attend as well.
MOTION
TO CARRY
SHR0403-01: Employee parking lot Victoria Road – slip, trip hazard, large
pooling of water.
Action (0410) Tim Marinier indicated some work could be undertaken with
installation of a drainage pipe/catch basin.
Parking lot has been graded and sprayed.
Committee
would still like to see above recommendations completed. Tim indicated this project is on the E/S
agenda, time and manpower permitting. MOTION
TO CARRY
SHR0404-07: Kenwood radios are not working –
trainee’s radio could not be heard one car length away – would not transmit.
Action (0410) Upgrades
will be applied to the Kenwood TK-280 radios by S&C personnel – in
addition, new antennas will be available.
D. Cassell to provide more info with regard to
local upgrades, etc.
MOTION
TO CARRY
SHR0404-08: Called for 0250 and waited over an
hour for train. Better calls or a rest
area in station.
Action (0410) Roy indicated some discussion has taken
place with regard to setting up a rest area in station – Stan advised there is
room – JT Creighton to advise if there will be time for employees to renovate
SAFETY HAZARD REPORTS (New)
SHR0410-01: Signal 15D indicated medium
to clear for at least 3 minutes – then dropped.
RTC indicated he never requested medium to clear. Derail was in the non-derail position.
Action (0410) On the afternoon of this occurrence ( 17:10 ) the
S&C Maintainers from Golden and Field were dispatched to investigate, also arrangements were made to have Mr. Rob
Dunn the Safety Assurance Supervisor (
SAS ) from Calgary assist in this investigation. Once all were on site duplicating what was
reported by the Train Crew could not be accomplished. Testing the integrity of the signal system
found that the 10 conductor number 14 cable connecting the CTC bungalow to
signal 15D was bad. The testing of this
cable was done with a Megger BMD1. All the conductors were tested to ground and
all had an infinite reading. Testing continued checking the insulating value of
each conductor to each other. The wire
supplying 10 volts to signal 15D proved to have a very poor insulating value to
the others, between 16 and 50 ohms. To
verify these readings another Megger was use and the
same readings were seen. A new cable was
then connected and tested to confirm proper connection. My verbal report on Thrusday
indicated that a bad underground cable could have caused the signal to be green
without the RTC having had requested it.
The data from the office and field logs showed that the RTC did not
request a signal nor was a green aspect displayed at signal 15D.
I meet with Mr. Roger Essery and Mr. Rod Flewin at 0830
on Monday ( Oct. 04th ) at Field and we continued to
investigate. Given the information we
had gathered and form the reports I had received from Mr. Dunn, Mr. Flewin, and the S&C Support Desk we could not conclusively prove that the bad
order underground caused the green aspect as was reported by the Train
Crew. We left the site and returned at 16:20 that afternoon to continue to investigate within the same
time frame as the incident occurred.
Following are our
findings:
1) It was a clear sunny
day, the sun
was setting at about 11: 00 with respects to signal
15D.
2) Signal 15D was seen to
be red over red.
3) We walked back to the
point (350- 400 feet ) in advance of the signal to
were the Crew reported they saw the green aspect. On route we looked back at the signal (about 250
feet in advance) what we saw was surprising.
Signal 15D displayed a yellow over red aspect, the appended pictures hilite what we saw.
As we moved back and forth while viewing the signal the shade of yellow
varied, from our vantage point I can't say that we say a green but from the cab
of a locomotive that might be possible.
We determined the top aspect displayed what looked like a yellow because
of the sun reflecting off the hood resulting in the reflected light mixing with
the red making it appear yellow. While I was viewing the yellow over red, Mr. Roger Essery walked back to the signal and climbed the ladder to
shade the signal from the sun, the
signal clearly displayed red over red.
To correct this we will
be installing a background on the signal (same as what is used on the high signals ) and refocusing the signal to try and improve it
visibility.
Doug Cassell,
Manager Signals & Communications
Committee would like to discuss further with D. Cassell MOTION
TO CARRY
SHR0410-02: East End Chase – weed eater left all
sorts of debris all over the tracks / siding – trip hazard
Action (0410) TMS Palasz will inspect and advise. MOTION TO
CARRY
REPORTS OF
SUB-COMMITTEES
-
Mock Evacuation – Daron to advise
-
Table Top Exercise – completed Sept 29th
-
Health Fair – good response. Flu
shots upcoming
DISTRICT SAFETY ADVISOR
REPORT –
N/A
NEW BUSINESS
Item 0410-01: B Riches reported recent
incident involving miscommunication with MYPM / RTC when he was inspecting a
track.
Action (0410) Brad will advise
Yard Manager T. Litowsky of details for
investigation.
Item 0410-02: Paul reported that Mount 7
taxi drivers are getting on units to deliver papers to employees instead of
waiting in their cabs.
Action (0410) Paul will contact
Mount 7 taxi and communicate our concern. MOTION
TO CARRY
Meeting adjourned 1015. Next meeting 0900 – Wednesday, November 10th.
L. Sali
For S. Bell/ B. Gardali
L. Sali
For S.
Bell/ B. Gardali