Practices for Wayside Rail Transit Worker Protection (2012) / Chapter Skim
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There are myriad potentially dangerous conditions present on the ROW, including slip, trip, and fall hazards; energized power; tight and dark working environments; and elevated work zones. However, the most injurious and fatal hazard to ROW workers continues to be the movement of trains and equipment through work areas.
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The review used an array of web-based search tools, including TRB's Transport Research International Documentation database, which integrates more than 900,000 records of transportation research from TRB's Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) database and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre's International Transport Research Documentation database.
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The site visits were used to conduct face-to-face meetings with all levels of relevant personnel and to observe track worker protection practices firsthand, from off the ROW. Witnessing flagging and work-site procedures in practice helped illustrate the manner in which policies and rules regarding flagging, PPE, warning devices, and general track-level work practices are synergized to provide an effective track worker protection program.
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The glossary definition represents a consensus of system definitions and/or provides alternate terms or definitions. ORGANIZATION OF REPORT The report is organized in a way that reflects the three phases of protecting track workers: pre-work, work site, and post-work.
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