Conrail Evaluation
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Conrail Contractor Orientation Course Exercise
1. On Conrail, the following takes priority over all other considerations:
a. Production
b. Deadlines
c. Safety
d. Quality
e. Service
2. At Conrail, every employee, contractor, and visitor must participate in a job safety briefing:
a. Prior to beginning your shift
b. As the work changes during the day
c. As conditions change, for example weather or traffic
d. Whenever a new person joins the work site
e. All of the above
3. At Conrail, it is only the supervisor’s responsibility to be sure that everyone participates in a safety briefing.
a. True
b. False
4. A job safety briefing is a communication tool used by professionals to make sure that every team member knows what is to be done and how it is to be done safely, and that every team member is alert and focused on the job.
5. On-track protection is the system of steps that every railroad takes to protect workers from being injured along the roadway, and specifically to keep them from being struck by moving trains, locomotives, cars, or other on-track work equipment.
6. Each of the following is a type of roadway workers except:
a. Roadway Worker
b. Employee in Charge
c. Watchmen and Advance Watchmen
d. Lone Workers
e. Locomotive repairmen
7. Employees are allowed to have a small amount of measurable alcohol on their breath or in their bodily fluids, as long as it doesn’t interfere with their duties.
8. Employees or contractor employees may not bring firearms, pocketknives with blades longer than 3 inches, or any other deadly weapons onto Conrail property.
9. You must report immediately to your supervisor or, if he or she is not available, to another member of contractor or Conrail management by the first means of communication possible any of the following except:
a. Accident
b. Personal injury
c. Derailment, or defects in tracks, bridges, or signals
d. Any unusual condition that may affect the safe and efficient operation of the railroad, or the conduct of your work
e. All of these must be reported
10. On Conrail, employees and contractors must wear footwear that covers the ankle and has a defined heel.
11. Listening to personal radios, CD players, or tape players is prohibited at all times while on-site.
12. Hardhats must be worn at all times except when in office areas, when in highway vehicles, in the enclosed cabs of locomotives, or whenever it appears to be safe to go without one.
13. Approved safety eye protection must be worn at all times while on duty, except when in office areas performing office tasks, or when on parking lots or when in vehicles on paved roads.
14. Ear protection must be worn if you are exposed to high noise levels, or in areas designated by Conrail as “Hearing Protection Required” areas.
15. You should keep your body and any objects at least 10 feet away from overhead wires or a dangling wire.
16. All of the following are some examples of electrical hazards around which you should take care except:
a. Cranes and booms
b. Dump trucks
c. Ladders
d. Standing liquids or puddles
17. You may only use equipment with three prong plugs in two prong sockets or extension cords without suitable ground protection when:
a. You are directed to do so by your supervisor
b. You can easily remove the third prong without damaging the cord or the other two prongs
c. You deem it safe to do so
d. No one else is around who could be injured
f. It is never safe to remove the third prong
18. Appropriate lockout / tagout procedures must be followed only when you are working around electricity.
21. A close clearance is where the distance between a fixed structure (such as a building, pole, or fence), and a train or on track equipment moving past that structure, may be close enough to cause a hazard of someone between them being injured or crushed.
True
False
22. Close clearances are rarely found on the railroad, but in the few cases where they’re found they can be dangerous.
a. a. True
b. b. False
23. You should not cross tracks immediately in front of moving equipment unless you can reach a place of safety on the opposite side at least 5 seconds before the equipment arrives.
24. If crossing between standing equipment, you must be sure there are at least 50 feet separating the equipment.
25. You should only crawl over or under couplings, or over cars or sills of standing coupled cars, if you must do so to get to the other side in a safe manner.
26. When working along the right of way, keep a safe distance from passing cars and trains to avoid being struck by falling or protruding objects – if possible, 30 feet from the track.
Part Two – On-Track Protection for Roadway Workers Questions
27. Since safety is ultimately your responsibility, and the responsibility of every one of your co-workers, you must know what type of track protection you are being provided, as each type of protection has its own specific conditions and requirements.
28. Information about the type of track protection your are being provided, and who is the employee in charge, must be provided to you during the job safety briefing.
29. As long as you know the type of protection you are being provided, and who is responsible, you can go about your work without expecting movement on any track in either direction at any time.
30. If you are a roadway worker, you have all of the following responsibilities except:
a. Comply with all rules and regulations in the Conrail On-Track Safety Manual, and other safety rules, as explained to you by your supervisors during the job briefings
b. Do not foul tracks except when necessary to perform you duties
c. Before you foul or occupy any track: verify that proper on-track protection is being provided; acknowledge that you understand the on-track procedures being used; and know the name of the employee who is responsible for on-track protection
d. Do not perform any work that will interfere with the safe passage of trains
e. Wear a high visibility vest or other garment approved by Conrail when on or about the track, or working near a highway grade crossing where you are near traffic.
f. All of the above are responsibilities of roadway workers.
31. As long as you are provided a proper job safety briefing, you must follow the roadway worker protection procedures outlined in the briefing. You do not have the right to challenge those procedures, as that might case a dangerous situation.
32. All roadway protection procedures work: keeping trains away from roadway workers, keeping roadway workers away from trains, and making written reports when these two cannot be done.
33. As long as he or she is sure they can be careful, any roadway worker may watch for trains (individual train detection) without receiving further training.
34. As long as you are 30 feet away from a passing train, you may face in any direction.
35. You may never get off moving equipment, even if the equipment is moving at less than 5 miles per hour and you are sure you can safely dismount to flat and even ground.
36. When approaching locations where roadway workers are or will be working, engines are required to sound the following signals: engine whistle of two longs, one short, one long (— — o—); and the engine bell.
Part Four – Environmental Requirements Questions
37. Conrail takes pride in our care for the environment. Because we are watching out, we don’t really need our contractors to do the same. Therefore, if you must do something that only has a small chance of harming the environment in order to get the job done, you may do so as long as you report it to your supervisor soon after.
38. While on Conrail property or working on a Conrail contract, you must follow all of the following environmental principles except:
a. Prevent releases to the ground, water and air
b. Control releases and report environmental problems immediately
c. Only dump something if you are sure it can be cleaned up safely shortly after
d. Minimize waste
e. When in doubt, call for help
39. Conrail doesn’t worry about trespassers or others who may harm the environment, so there is no reason to report them to the Conrail Operating Department.
40. If you come upon any pipe insulation, ceiling or flooring tiles, or wallboard that you suspect may contain asbestos, you should carefully try to break off the large pieces, and wrap the rest to keep it from shredding.
41. You must dispose of the following batteries through your company’s or Conrail’s recycling sheds except:
a. Vehicle batteries
b. Signal batteries
c. Alkaline and watch batteries
d. Ordinary lantern batteries
e. All of the above must be recycled
42. As long as drums containing chemicals are kept in an enclosed area with their paperwork, they need not be labeled or sealed.
43. If you have extra quantities of chemicals left at the end of the day, you should find a drum containing something you think is similar, and carefully pour you leftovers into that drum.
44. If you have leftover solid materials that do not contain hazardous materials, you may dump them near a similar pile of waste for later disposal by Conrail, as long as you are sure they are similar materials and don’t present an undue hazard.
45. Open burning or incineration of solid waste is permitted only on Conrail at places that are at least 1 mile from the closest inhabitants or businesses.
46. You may only pour used oil or chemicals into an open drain only if you are sure it leads to a Conrail wastewater treatment plant.
WHEREAS,
is obtaining this orientation and any of the materials provided for certain of its employees who work on or about railroad equipment, and WHEREAS, THE CONRAIL COMPANY, hereinafter called "CONRAIL", is willing to provide this orientation and any of the materials provided, but only upon the following terms and conditions, NOW THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows: In consideration of this orientation and any of the materials provided to the employee and management of your company or you as an individual for their internal use by you, hereby assume all risk of and agrees to indemnify and hold CONRAIL and the administrator of this site harmless from any personal injury to or death of its officers, agents and employees, and loss of or damage to property in its or their custody or possession, which shall in any manner arise from or be alleged to be due to in, in whole or in part, this orientation or materials provided to its employees by CONRAIL, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SUCH INJURIES OR DAMAGES BE CAUSED BY OR CONTRIBUTED TO BY THE INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OF CONRAIL, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR ANY THIRD PARTY. CONRAIL is hereby released and forever discharged, as well as its subsidiary and affiliated companies, and the officers, agents, and employees of said companies, from all claims, liabilities, and costs of every kind by reason of any such injury to or death of persons and loss of or damage to property. This Release shall be binding upon the submission of this document.
I understand that by submitting my name and, as applicable, the names of the other individuals who have completed this orientation section, I am indicating that (I), these personnel have actually completed this section of the orientation and understand this document. I am an employee and/or officer of the corporation named above, who is duly authorized and fully empowered by said corporation to execute the same on its behalf or myself as an individual.
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