Adjacent controlled track means a controlled track whose track center is spaced 19 feet or less from the track center of the occupied track.
Adjacent track means a controlled or non-controlled track whose track center is spaced less than 25 feet from the track center of the occupied track.
Inter-track barrier means a continuous barrier of a permanent or semi-permanent nature that spans the entire work area, that is at least four feet in height, and that is of sufficient strength to prevent a roadway worker from fouling the adjacent track.
Minor correction means one or more repairs of a minor nature, including, but not limited to, welding, spiking, anchoring, hand tamping, and joint bolt replacement, that are accomplished with hand tools or handheld, hand-supported, or hand-guided power tools. The term does not include machine spiking, machine tamping, or any similarly distracting repair.
Occupied track means a track on which on-track, self-propelled equipment or coupled equipment is authorized or permitted to be located while engaged in a common task with a roadway work group with at least one of the roadway workers on the ground.
TABLE 1-SUMMARY OF ON-TRACK SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN ROADWAY WORK GROUPS AND ADJACENT TRACKS
Example number/diagram number (see figure 1) | "Side A" of the occupied track-the side from the vertical plane of the near running rail of the occupied track extending outward through to the fouling space of the adjacent controlled track ("`No. 1' Track" or "No. 1") | On or between the rails of the occupied track ("`No. 2' track" or "number 2"), where on-track Safety Is Established through Working Limits | "Side B" of the occupied track-either (1) the side with no adjacent track or (2) the side from the vertical plane of the near running rail of the occupied track extending outward through to the fouling space of the adjacent controlled track ("`number 3' track" or "number 3") | ||
Method of On-Track Safety on Side A | Requirement | Requirements | Requirements | Method of on-track safety on side B | |
1 | Working limits or train approach warning | Upon receiving a notification or warning for movement(s) ("movement notification or warning") for No. 1, cease work and occupy a predetermined place of safety ("PPOS")1 | Upon movement notification or warning for No. 1, cease work and occupy a PPOS, except work may continue during movement(s) on No. 1 auth'd. at 25 mph or less (or 40 mph or less for passenger train movements) if maintain 25' spacing2 | Work3 is not required to cease during movement(s) on No. 1 | Not applicable (N/A), because there is no adjacent track. |
2 | Working limits | Upon movement notification for No. 1, cease work and occupy a PPOS. Work3 is not required to cease during movement(s) on No. 3 | Upon movement notification for No. 1 or No. 3, cease work and occupy a PPOS, except work may continue during movement(s) on No. 1 or No. 3 auth'd. at 25 mph or less (or at 40 mph or less for passenger train movements) if maintain 25' spacing2 | Upon movement notification for No. 3, cease work and occupy a PPOS. Work3 is not required to cease during movement(s) on No. 1 | Working limits. |
3 | Working limits | Upon movement notification for No. 1, cease work and occupy a PPOS. Work3 is not required to cease during movement(s) on No. 3 | Upon movement notification for No. 1 or warning for No. 3, cease work and occupy a PPOS, except work may continue during movement(s) on No. 1 or No. 3 auth'd. at 25 mph or less (or at 40 mph or less for passenger train movements) if maintain 25' spacing2 | Upon movement warning for No. 3 or notification for No. 1, cease work and occupy a PPOS | Train approach warning. |
4 | Train approach warning | Upon movement warning for No. 1 or No. 3, cease work and occupy a PPOS | Upon movement warning for No. 1 or No. 3, cease work and occupy a PPOS, except work may continue during movement(s) on No. 1 or No. 3 auth'd. at 25 mph or less (or at 40 mph or less for passenger train movements) if maintain 25' spacing2 | Upon movement warning for No. 3 or No. 1, cease work and occupy safety PPOS | Train approach warning. |
5 | None, but with inter-track barrier | Work is prohibited on No. 1 and up to barrier ("Side A1"). Work is not required to cease btwn. barrier and near running rail of occupied track ("Side A2") during movement(s) on No. 1 | Work is not required to cease during movement(s) on No. 1 | Work is not required to cease during movement(s) on No. 1 | N/A, because there is no adjacent track. |
6 | None, but with inter-track barrier | Work is prohibited on Side A1. Work3 is not required to cease on Side A2 during movement(s) on No. 1 or No. 3 | Work is not required to cease during movement(s) on No. 1. Upon movement notification or warning for No. 3, cease work and occupy a PPOS, except work may continue during movement(s) on No. 3 auth'd. at 25 mph or less (or at 40 mph or less for passenger trains) if maintain 25' spacing2 | Upon movement notification or warning for No. 3, cease work and occupy a PPOS. Work3 is not required to cease during movement(s) on No. 1 | Working limits or train approach warning. |
1As used in the above table, a "predetermined place of safety" (or "PPOS") means a specific location that an affected roadway worker must occupy upon receiving a watchman/lookout's warning of approaching movement(s) ("warning") or a roadway worker in charge's ("RWIC's") notification of pending movement(s) on an adjacent track ("notification"), as designated during the on-track safety job briefing required by §214.315. The PPOS may not be on a track, unless the track has working limits on it and no movements permitted within such working limits by the RWIC. Thus, under these circumstances, the space between the rails of the occupied track (No. 2 in this table) may be designated as a place to remain in position or to otherwise occupy upon receiving a warning or notification. The RWIC must determine any change to a PPOS, and communicate such change to all affected roadway workers through an updated on-track safety job briefing.
2On-ground work is prohibited in the areas 25' in front of and 25' behind equipment on the occupied track (No. 2), and must not break the plane of a rail on No. 2 towards a side of No. 2 unless work is permitted on that side. Note, however, that per §214.336(a)(2), work would no longer be permitted to continue on or between the rails of the occupied track during movement(s) on an adjacent controlled track at 25 mph or less (or at 40 mph or less for passenger trains or other passenger on-track equipment movements) if there is a simultaneous movement on the other adjacent controlled track at more than 25 mph (or at more than 40 mph per hour for passenger train movements or other passenger on-track equipment movements).
3Work that does not break the plane of the near running rail of the occupied track (No. 2) is not required to cease during such movements; work that breaks the plane of the near running rail of the occupied track may also continue: 1) during the times that work is permitted on or between the rails of the occupied track in accordance with §214.336(c) (Procedures for adjacent-controlled-track movements 25 mph or less, or 40 mph or less for passenger train movements or other passenger on-track equipment movements); or 2) if such work is performed alongside or within the perimeter of a roadway maintenance machine or coupled equipment in accordance with §214.336(e)(2).
49 C.F.R. §214.336