Poor quality PPE

[TheSlash]

It came to me today why i never wore orange trousers before all orange.
I was maintaining fastenings on abit of S&C. Some of the KT clips {stupid invention} were siezed, so i put the hand held disc cutter on them.
It only takes a few seconds for the disc cutter to chop the nut off, but when i looked down, the bottom of my trousers had melted!
If i had been cutting a rail, where the saw is going for two or three minutes, i would of been more understanding, but it takes about 15 seconds to cut a nut off.
I'm going to have a word with the H&S rep about getting everybody one pair of fire proof trousers. Then nominate one or two people for each job to do the disc cutting. I'm not a fan of 'Spats', they barely cover you.

 

[Old Timer]

The Safety Risk Assessment for disc cutting should have identified the risk of fire from sparks, and indeed the Hot Works Permit will definitely require a fire extinguisher on the site of work.

The SRA should thus also require that the operator has appropriate fire retardent PPE.

I presume that you DO have a HWP requirement ?

And I do presume the SRA identifies the risk of clothing catching fire through contamination from track oils and greases ?

 

[TheSlash]

We get neither. I'd be interested to know what level of management begin to know about the things you mention.
Certainly upto TSM level, it's a case of "I'm going out with the Hand Held saw to cut some bolts off"
"Ok then, make sure you put a WAIF in for it"

 

[paul1609]

It came to me today why i never wore orange trousers before all orange.
I was maintaining fastenings on abit of S&C. Some of the KT clips {stupid invention} were siezed, so i put the hand held disc cutter on them.
It only takes a few seconds for the disc cutter to chop the nut off, but when i looked down, the bottom of my trousers had melted!
If i had been cutting a rail, where the saw is going for two or three minutes, i would of been more understanding, but it takes about 15 seconds to cut a nut off.
I'm going to have a word with the H&S rep about getting everybody one pair of fire proof trousers. Then nominate one or two people for each job to do the disc cutting. I'm not a fan of 'Spats', they barely cover you.

Hmm you sound familiar bj, are you the nr leading trackman who cant use a pan puller? My advice would be to keep your legs away from the sparks

 

[Old Timer]

We get neither. I'd be interested to know what level of management begin to know about the things you mention.
Certainly upto TSM level, it's a case of "I'm going out with the Hand Held saw to cut some bolts off"
"Ok then, make sure you put a WAIF in for it"

Presumably you don't get monthly face to face safety briefs or work specific task briefs either ?

Presumably training in the correct use of small plant and tools is given, with appropriate documentary evidence of competence ?

Another case of Network Rail ignoring safety rules and procedures for its own staff, which it insists that Infrastructure Contractors must follow, by the sound of it ?

 

[paul1609]

First Hampshire Bus have got Network rail sussed. All this week their apprentices have been arriving at a certain Naval base in the Portsmouth Area in a Double decker bus with Network Rail Contract on the destination board and "monkeyworld" vinyls on the outside including a huge chimp grinning on the back. has caused a few chuckles locally.