Indian Railways Permanent Way Manual PDF (1986)

CAMTECH/M/3 117 APPENDIX „D‟ Extract from INDIAN RAILWAYS PERMANENT WAY MANUAL (1986) CHAPTER VII ACTION DURING ACCIDENTS INCLUDING BREACHES AND PRE-MONSOON PRECAUTIONARY...

CAMTECH/M/3 117 APPENDIX „D‟ Extract from INDIAN RAILWAYS PERMANENT WAY MANUAL (1986) CHAPTER VII ACTION DURING ACCIDENTS INCLUDING BREACHES AND PRE-MONSOON PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES 704. Action at Site- (1) By Permanent Way and other Engineering Inspectors - (a) Protect Train.- Any engineering staff available at the site of accident shall assist the Guard and Driver to protect the train in accordance with General Rules 6.03 and 9.10 (1976). The Inspector should ensure that protection has been afforded to the train in front and in the rear, in accordance with the rules. In the case of double line, if the other line is also affected by the accident, steps shall be taken to protect both the lines. If no infringement exists, trains must be controlled and passed cautiously on the unaffected track. (b) First Aid and Rescue.- The Inspector should arrange for first aid to injured passengers and Railway staff and rescue of trapped persons. If there is any Medical Practitioner on the train, his assistance should be obtained. (c) Advice to nearest Station Master.- After a rapid survey of the position, particulars should be sent to the nearest A TECHNICAL GUIDE ON DERAILMENTS April ‘98 CAMTECH/M/3 118 Station Master as in Para 702 above. In case of controlled sections, a field telephone should be got commissioned at once. (d) Line Clear examination.-If the engineering official has reached the site and no traffic official is available, he should carefully secure the line clear token or ticket and any caution order, where necessary. If the accident has occurred in a station yard, the train register book must be seized and if necessary, statement of staff concerned recorded; if line badges are in use, it should be recorded as to in whose possession each line badge was. The position of block instruments, signals, points, point levers, indicators, key etc. should be noted and recorded, jointly with the Inspectors of the other concerned departments, available at site. (e) Preliminary clearing operation and preservation of clues.- (i) In all instances in which the means taken for the restoration of communication are likely to obliterate marks on the road and other evidence needed at a joint enquiry, the senior official who arrives first on the spot should carefully examine the track, train or vehicle and as soon as possible make notes, sketches, etc. and hand over the same to his superior or produce them at the enquiry. He will, when the nature of the accident is such as will involve the question of eye-sight of any of the staff, verify (in case of those permitted to wear glasses) that they had worn glasses at the time of the accident and had carried a spare pair of glasses with them. (ii) In all cases of accidents, the cause of which might possibly due to sabotage, it is essential that the clearance and restoration operation are not commenced till the Police officials A TECHNICAL GUIDE ON DERAILMENTS April ‘98 CAMTECH/M/3 119 arrive at the site and intimate their agreement to the commencement of clearance and restoration work, after making thorough investigations. A factual note of the conditions obtaining at the site prior to restoration work should be prepared and signed jointly by the senior most of the Police and Railway officials, such difference of opinion may be recorded on the joint factual note. This should not, however, be allowed to interfere with rendering of first aid to the injured, which is the first essential in all accidents. (iii) In other cases, clearance and restoration operations can commence well before the arrival of the Police and it is not necessary that all the rails, sleepers and fastenings involved in an accident should be preserved, but only those, whether serviceable or otherwise, which wear wheel marks, etc., specially between the points of mount and drop. In all cases of serious derailments, these are essential for a later reconstruction of the scene and should bee preserved and/or recorded by the first responsible officials to reach the site of the accident, as these would be valuable evidence to ascertain the cause of the accident. (iv) After the injured persons have been attended to and arrangements made for the onward journey of the standard passengers, the Railway officers at the site of the accident should arrange to record the preliminary statements of the staff concerned, as any delay in doing so, might result in some facts being suppressed or some evidence being fabricated during A TECHNICAL GUIDE ON DERAILMENTS April ‘98 CAMTECH/M/3 120 subsequent enquiries. (v) In case sabotage is suspected, the procedure as outlined in clause (ii) above should be followed. In addition it should be ascertained promptly from the C.R.S. if he would like to inspect the site, etc. before the commencement of clearance and restoration work and then action should be taken in accordance with his wishes. Before clearance and restoration operations are commenced, all relevant clues, materials and damages and the deficiencies on Rolling Stock, etc. must be noted and preserved. In other serious accidents, however, the same procedure as outlined in Clause (iii) above should be strictly followed. *************************************************** 707. Examination of site and preparation of sketches. The first Engineering representative to arrive at site shall attend to the following :- (1) He should examine the entire site inclusive of track over which the train has passed immediately before derailing, noting down any unusual features observed, especially any parts of vehicles or other material lying on or near the track. (2) A dimensioned sketch should be prepared covering the entire site of accident, showing all relevant features inclusive of track leading upto point of derailment, showing position of derailed vehicle, point of mount and drop and other relevant details. All the details given in Annexure 7/1 should be incorporated in the sketch. A TECHNICAL GUIDE ON DERAILMENTS April ‘98 CAMTECH/M/3 121 (3) He should record the particulars as detailed in para 708 (1). (4) An examination of the derailed vehicle/vehicles for defects not caused by the derailment but which may have been the cause of the derailment should be made. He should make out notes for inclusion in the joint report. (5) He should examine the gang-chart/diary books to ascertain the date when track was last attended. (6) Details of Engineering works in progress, if any, at the site of accident, caution orders in force and nature of protection should be noted. *************************************************** 708. Recording particulars at site of accident. - (1) Permanent Way particulars.- Permanent way particulars shall be recorded jointly with the Inspectors of the other concerned departments as per Annexure 7/2. These records will inter alia include particulars of the track structures, the condition of the track components, track geometry and other relevant details. (2) Particulars with respect to Rolling Stock and Signalling.- Engineering representative should associate himself with the concerned representative of the other departments in recording measurements of- A TECHNICAL GUIDE ON DERAILMENTS April ‘98 CAMTECH/M/3 122 (a) The locomotive and tender; (b) Carriages and Wagons; and (c) Signalling and telecommunication equipment. (3) Operating particulars.- The following operating particulars should also be recorded wherever relevant :- (a) Speed.- The actual speed at the time of derailment, from the speedometer graph or if the locomotive is not provided with the speedometer graph, by referring to inter-station timings. (b) The direction of the locomotive i.e., shorthood or longhood leading. (c) The brake power of the train. (d) The marshalling of the train with reference to orders applicable on the section. (e) Whether there has been sudden application of brakes. (f) whether there was sudden opening of regulators. (g) Condition of loading in wagons, specially unequal loading, light loading, empties between loaded vehicles, over- loading, moving loads and any infringement to standard dimensions. (h) Particulars of Caution Orders issued to the Driver/ Guard. A TECHNICAL GUIDE ON DERAILMENTS April ‘98