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SAFETY

1. OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT

Safety Organization of SC division has been putting continuous
efforts to create safety consciousness among the field staff
engaged in train operation duties to provide a reliable & safe
service to the customers. High priority to safety has been
accorded by the division, aiming to reduce possibility of
accidents.

Organization Structure:

Safety organization is playing its unique role towards achieving
this goal by consistently adopting a number of measures viz.,
Safety drives on sensitive areas and where activities not readily

conforming to a set of rules.
Night Inspections, Surprise Night Inspection.
Frequent Ambush Checks to prevent adoption of Short cut
methods.
Extensive safety camps and safety seminars by associating
Officers & Supervisors.

Counselling of Safety Category Staff all over the division.
Conducting of alcoholic (BA) test for Safety Category Staff all
over the division.
Issue of regular Safety literature i.e Fortnightly Safety bulletins on
irregularities noticed during inspections and Safety Alert Advises
on different safety instructions/rules are issued in bilingual form
for easy understanding by the grass root level staff.
Monitoring of PME & Refresher Course of the Safety Category

Staff.
Public Awareness programs conducting at manned LCs with
RTOs, Safety Posters/Stickers have been printed and distributed
to all concerned and public.