This policy is to address:
Working at night
- when our biological rhythms may affect our
alertness
Working in the dark - when
we may not be able to see all hazards
NOTE: This policy applies
to all Engineering Services employees
and contractors working under ES supervision.
Engineering Services will
not perform programmed rail laying,tie
renewal or ballasting in
High Risk Areas in darkness, including the hours between one half hour after sunset and one half
hour before sunrise.
In all other locations,
rail laying and ballast dumping will only be
planned to start or end
in darkness in very exceptional circumstances, where no other option
is available.
Between the hours of 2200 and 0400, all other planned work activities must be avoided to the extent practicable.
Any programmed work planned
to start or end in darkness must be
performed in full
compliance with Canadian Pacific Railway's Night
Work Operating Procedures.
All production crews must
carry additional lighting, unless it is
certain that the crew can
be shut down in advance of encountering
darkness due to unforeseen
circumstances, such as equipment
breakdowns. Any work
carried out should be confined to locations
that can be properly lit,
under close supervision of all employees
involved and restricted
to just what is required to leave the worksite safe.
Work that is performed by work equipment where all employees involved are contained on the equipment, such as snow plows, spreaders, track evaluation cars and rail grinding consists can be performed in darkness provided the equipment is outfitted with proper lighting.
Basic forces responding to emergent and emergency situations in darkness must ensure that this work is carried out safely and in full compliance with the Company's safety policies. High visibility personal protective equipment must be worn. Where two or more employees are involved in the work, a Job Briefing that is specific to night time hazards must be performed before starting the work, whenever conditions change, and at the onset of darkness.
HIGH RISK AREAS
The following are designated
as High Risk Areas in the application
of this policy due to proximity
to high embankments, retaining walls
and other such structures.
Cascade Subdivision between North Bend and Haig
Thompson Subdivision between Tranquille and Savona
and between North Bend and Spences Bridge
Mountain Subdivision Macdonald track
Nelson Subdivision
between Swansea and Moyie
and between Sirdar and Procter
Cranbrook Subdivision between Crowsnest and Fabro
Laggan Subdivision on Field Hill
Crowsnest Subdivision between Crowsnest and Sentinel
Nipigon Subdivision
in the vicinity of retaining wall
at Mile 7.02
and between Mile 18.3 and 27.7
and in the vicinity of retaining wall
at Mile 60.1
Heron Bay Sub. between Mi. 71.8 and 74
Canadian Main Line between Willsboro and Plattsburgh
NIGHT WORK OPERATING PROCEDURES
1. In advance of
performing the work, the site should be inspected
to identify
all potential hazards.
Considering
the work to be done, the survey should deal with
the
questions:
What
can go wrong?
How
serious would it be?
How
likely is it to happen?
What
should be done about it?
2. An Action Plan
must be developed and documented that
identifies
actions to be taken to reduce risk,
by whom
and by when. The action plan should show
that
all important actions have been checked off as
complete
prior to commencing work.
3. Before commencing
work, all foreseeable workplace hazards
must
be marked with temporary or permanent field markings.
4. Before commencing work,
all structures and other locations
where there is a high risk
of injury from a fall must be protected with temporary or permanent safety
barriers. Employees must be fully briefed on locations where there is a risk
of falling prior to entering the site and must be outfitted for fall protection
in accordance with CPR’s Fall Protection SPC.
5. Before commencing
work, mobile equipment must be provided with
a minimum
of 10 lux lighting for all areas where employees
will
be working. Additional lighting must be provided with
the
consist to achieve a total light level of 20 lux wherever
there
is to be a moderate or high level of work activity.
6. Special night
time job briefings must be conducted at the start
of every
shift and again each time the work changes. These
briefings
must specifically ensure that all employees are aware
of any
fall or tripping hazards, locations of moving machinery,
reverse
equipment movements, areas of low lighting,
the
symptoms and risk of fatigue and the requirement to wear
high
visibility personal protective equipment.
7. During the course
of the work, the foreman or supervisor must
know
that all of the above precautions are being followed for
the
full duration of darkness.