Wales Electrification Safety, Health & Environmental Bulletin Number 162 Apr 2019

On Track Plant Movements Around Points

Following a growing number of points related incidents please be aware of the following Measures that must be adhered to at all times.

With immediate effect.

All points (Including private sidings) which have the ability to be run through from any direction must be protected by Till Dawn lamps (TDL) which have been placed by the ES / SWL2 or protection staff under their direction.

All Manually operated points must be Scotch & clipped before any machine movements are made.

All Points movements are required to be communicated to the ES / SWL2 prior to being completed.

All movements must be recorded by the ES / SWL2 and Points Op.

Furthermore, any Machine Controllers (MC) or Crane Controllers (CC) MUST: