scope:

This specification applies to all work (including walking as a group) On or Near the Line carried out by or on behalf of Network Rail and outside parties, and their contractors and sub-contractors.

The specification applies to all work done either individually, by a Controller of Site Safety (COSS) or Individual Working Alone (IWA); by a group under the control of a COSS; or by groups under the control of COSSs where a Protection Controller (PC) has been appointed.

Purpose

To control the risks to personnel from train movements by requiring effective planning of on track activities and establishing a hierarchy of protection and warning methods.

To specify the requirements for establishing and publishing details of Green Zone availability and prohibitions on Red Zone working.

To support the requirements of the Rule Book by requiring effective Safe Systems of Work to mitigate the risk of people being struck by trains.

To define the process for planning and documenting the Safe System of Work arrangements both in normal and Exceptional Circumstances.