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rn <br /> RA/L LYAY <br /> • 1.05.03d The average train traffic on this route is 19 freight trains per 24-hour <br /> period at a timetable speed 60 MPH and 4 passenger trains at a <br /> timetable speed of 79 MPH. <br /> 1.06 Contractor General Safety Requirements <br /> • 1.06.01 Work in the proximity of railway track(s) is potentially hazardous where <br /> movement of trains and equipment can occur at any time and in any direction. All <br /> work performed by contractors within 25 feet of any track must be in compliance with <br /> FRA Roadway Worker Protection Regulations. <br /> • 1.06.02 Before beginning any task on Railway Property, a thorough job safety <br /> briefing must be conducted with all personnel involved with the task and repeated <br /> when the personnel or task changes. If the task is within 25 feet of any track, the job <br /> briefing must include the Railway's flagger, as applicable, and include the <br /> procedures the Contractor will use to protect its employees, subcontractors, agents <br /> or invitees from moving any equipment adjacent to or across any Railway track(s). <br /> • 1.06.03 Workers must not work within 25 feet of the centerline of any track without <br /> an on track safety strategy approved by the Railway's Project Representative. <br /> When authority is provided, every contractor employee must know: (1) who the <br /> Railway flagger is, and how to contact the flagger, (2) limits of the authority, (3) the <br /> method of communication to stop and resume work, and (4) location of the <br /> designated places of safety. Persons or equipment entering flag/work limits that <br /> were not previously job briefed, must notify the flagger immediately, and be given a <br /> job briefing when working within 25 feet of the center line of track. <br /> • 1.06.04 When Contractor employees are required to work on the Railway Property <br /> after normal working hours or on weekends, the Railway's representative in charge <br /> of the project must be notified. A minimum of two employees must be present at all <br /> times. <br /> • 1.06.05 Any employees, agents or invitees of Contractor or its subcontractors <br /> under suspicion of being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or in the <br /> possession of same, will be removed from the Railway's Property and subsequently <br /> released to the custody of a representative of Contractor management. Future <br /> access to the Railway's Property by that employee will be denied. <br /> • 1.06.06 Any damage to Railway Property, or any hazard noticed on passing trains <br /> must be reported immediately to the Railway's representative in charge of the <br /> 39 <br />