| SECTION 2 - SAFETY (Slips, Trips, and Falls) |
01. What are the some of the necessary actions required to safely dismount a locomotive or car, standing or moving? (Rule 80.1) 02. What are the necessary precautions when standing, walking, or working between or near tracks? (Rule 81.1.1) 03. Managers are responsible to observe that the employees they supervise, which are required to ride in company or contract vehicles (such as contract vans), buckle their seat belts before the vehicle moves. (Rule 74.8)
04. Standing equipment must be separated at least _____ before going between the equipment to make the adjustment. (Rule 81.2.2) 05. During snow and ice conditions, it is permissible to keep your hands in your pockets if necessary to keep them warm. (Rule 80.2)
06. When crew members are working in the yard at night where lighting is very low and inadequate, what precautions should crew members take? (Rule 80.6) 07. When can you place you feet: (Rule 81.6) a. On the knuckle or uncoupling lever.________________________________ b. On the brake platform or stirrup.___________________________________ c. On the same ladder rung._________________________________________ 08. What are the precautions required when duties require crossing through a standing train or cut of cars: (Rule 81.5.1) 09. Employees are not required to get on or off moving equipment if they feel it is unsafe to do so. (Rule 81.4.2)
10. Describe the necessary precautions when duties require coupling air hoses on a cut of cars. (Rule 81.13.8) 11. List several of the actions considered to be the correct principles of correct and safe lifting: (Rule 75.1)
12. Employees may “jump” down from the end platform on a boxcar after setting the hand brake if there is a safe landing area and the car is stationary. (Rule 80.5)
13. After the initial “job briefing” is conducted with all crewmembers present what action is required if another employee is added to the crew, or if the work assignment changes? (Rule 70.3) |
| SECTION 3 - “THE RED ZONE” (Personal Safety) |
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14. The term "Red Zone", as defined by the Union Pacific, is a zone (within arms length of the rail) where employees working on or between the rails must take extra care to avoid serious injury from moving cars or engines.
15. A crewmember dismounts the lead unit and crosses over just in front of the unit to line a switch allowing about 4 feet of clearance. Is this proper? (Rule 81.2.2)
b. If you answer No, explain! 16. When engines may be working at both ends of a track or tracks, crews switching must have a clear understanding of movements to be made. (Rule 7.2)
17. List the correct procedures for operating a switch or derail. (Rule 82.3) 18. Where should you position yourself when a train is approaching on an adjacent track? (Rule 81.1.2) 19. To ensure cars can be safely coupled into, crewmembers must verify the cars are properly secured and can be coupled to and moved safely. (Rule 7.4)
20. When picking up cars at an industry that have been loaded and are ready to move, before coupling into the cars a crewmember must inspect the cars and insure everything and everyone is clear. (Rule 7.8)
21. After a crewmember has lined the main track switch for his train to enter the main track from a siding, where must the crewmember position himself from the switch stand while his train is passing over the switch? (Rule 8.4) 22. Switches found to be hard to operate, must be taken out of service, reported to the proper authority (including the location and problem). Tag the switch with a warning tag describing the defect. (Rule 82.4)
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