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Divisional Officer in whose jurisdiction the site of accident lies. When more than one telephone is available, full use should be made of same for giving information to the Civil and Police Authorities as quickly as possible site of accident by the Relief Train, but no delay to the Relief train shall be allowed on
For official use only
EASTERN RAILWAY
Accident Manual
(Reprinted 2019)
Rules to be observed in dealing with and reporting
accidents and procedure to be observed with
regard to joint enquires into accidents
(Correction slip up to 6)
Eastern Railway
Kolkata
2019
PREFACE
The revised Eastern Railway Accident Manual brings together in a
comprehensive manner rules, regulations and procedures for dealing with
Accidents in the most expedient manner. These rules should be considered as
subsidiary to rule 6.01 of the Revised General Rules for Indian Govt. Railways and
supersede all rules contained in the previous Accident Manuals of this railway.
The instructions contained in the Accident Manual should be read in
conjunction with the Revised General Rules and the Subsidiary Rules of the
Eastern Railway. Nothing in these rules should be read as canceling, amending
or modifying any of the General or Subsidiary Rules.
This manual is intended for official use only and every Railway Servant who
is required to deal with accidents shall have a copy of this Manual and he should
also be conversant with its contents.
In the Manual, the rules have been numbered in the Metric System as has
been adopted in the Revised General Rules.
Lists of important duties, which are required to be discharged by some of
the Railway officials in dealing with a serious accident, have been given in
Chapters III and IV. While these lists have been detailed with a view to helping
the staff in dealing with the accident in the most expedient manner, these are
not to be considered as exhaustive. The Railway officials must be guided by all
the rules and instructions that may remain in force at the time of the accident. in
dealing with an Accident, Railway officials must be prompt, cautious and
exercise initiative.
All additions and corrections that may be issued from time to time must be
entered neatly in accordance with the instructions contained therein and
recorded in the Register of Correction Slips given in the front of this book.
Register of Addenda and Corrigenda issued subsequent to the
publication of this Book
Correction Slip
No.
Date of
issue
Date of
receipt
Date of
posting
Page No.
Rule No.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
General Instructions
1 – 2
II.
Definitions
3– 9
III.
Duties of Railway Official in case of accident
10– 29
IV.
Additional Measures for dealing with cases of Sabotage
or Train Wrecking
30 – 37
V.
Relief Measures
38 – 54
VI.
Reporting of Accidents
55 – 75
VII.
Classification of Accident
76 – 83
VIII.
Unusual Incidents
84 – 93
IX.
Accident Enquiries
94 – 118
X.
Accident Returns and Statistics
119 – 124
APPENDIX-A – Officials to be advised by the initial message under
different classes of accidents.
1– 29
APPENDIX-B – Location of the Accident Relief Trains & Cranes
30 - 32
APPENDIX-C – Location, jurisdiction and the target time of despatch
of the Accident Relief Medical Vans.
33 - 38
APPENDIX-D – Rules for ex-gratia payments to persons injured in
railway accidents or to the dependents of the
deceased.
39 - 42
APPENDIX-E – Despatch of messages in case of serious accidents
free of cost.
43 - 44
APPENDIX-F –
45
APPENDIX-G – BAD RIDING OF ENGINES
46 - 47
APPENDIX-H – Extracts from the Indian Railways Act, 1890
48 - 50
APPENDIX-I – MAGISTERIAL AND POLICE ENQUIRIES
51 - 54
APPENDIX-J – Warning against giving false evidence at Joint Enquiries
54
APPENDIX-K –
55 - 57
APPENDIX-L – Categorization of accidents for reporting to the
General Manager.
58
APPENDIX-M –
59 - 88
1
CHAPTER – I
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1.01.Scope of the rules :-
(a)
Nothing in these rules shall be read as cancelling, amending or
modifying any of the General and Subs
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