Safety Of Personnel 13.1

Question 1

When must you carry out this regulation? (4)

Answer 1

1. Personnel need to work on the outside of a train stopped on a running line.
2. Driver asks you to block a line for their or another member of the traincrews safety to walk alongside their train.
3. A designated person needs to walk with a group to a train stops on a running line because of a failure.
4. Station staff to retrieve an item from our platform line by going on the line or using equipment.

Question 2

When reaching a clear understanding, what must you ask the person who was asked for the protection? (2)

Answer 2

1. The exact location.
2. Which lines trains will be stopped.

Question 3

If an item is to be retrieved from a platform line using retrieval equipment, and the person asking for the protection knows what line they need blocked, what lines need to be blocked? (1)

Answer 3

The platform line it affects.

Question 4

If an item is to be retrieved from a platform line by accessing the track, and the person asking for the protection knows what line they need blocked, what lines need to be blocked? (1)

Answer 4

The adjacent line.

Question 5

13.1 - What details must you record on the NR3180 before the line to be blocked is confirmed to be clear of trains? (3)

Answer 5

1. The line to be blocked.
2. The protecting signals.
3. The role of the person asking for the line blockage.

Question 6

If the location of the activity will be beyond any points or crossing, what may you do with the protecting signal for an unaffected route, and when can you do this? (2)

Answer 6

1. Clear the protecting signal.
2. Agreed with the person asking for protection.

Question 7

13.1 - What must you do once you have completed the confirmation section of the NR3180? (4)

Answer 7

1. Confirm line blocked until they say protection no longer needed.
2. Confirm if any other lines are open for normal working.
3. Give authority number.
4. Give permission to start activity.

Question 8

What must you do if you don’t control the protecting signal? (2)

Answer 8

1. Tell the controlling signaller.
2. Get assurance from the signaller that trains have been stopped on that line.

Question 9

When the person confirms the activity is complete, what must you do? And who do you tell? (2)

Answer 9

1. Record on NR 3180 form.
2. Tell any other signal are crossing keeper involved that normal working can be resumed.