Download C6838 RCC SCC User Guide September 2005

Department of Main Roads
Road Construction Contract
Supplementary Conditions of Contract
(b)
the date of the application;
(c)
(c)
the date on which the Permit to Work is
required;
the Operating Track and the Overhead Line
Equipment affected by the Isolation; and
(d)
(d)
the name of the Contractor'
s Safety Liaison
Representative and the place where the person
may be contacted at all times;
the working limits within which the Overhead
Line Equipment has been Isolated and to
which the Permit to Work applies.
(e)
the required time of commencement and time
of cancellation of the Permit to Work;
(f)
The line/s on which the Overhead Line
Equipment is to be isolated and earthed;
(g)
the structure numbers or location between
which the work is to be carried out;
(h)
whether it is intended that personnel or
equipment touch the overhead wiring;
(i)
the nature of work to be performed for which
the Permit to Work is required, and the types
of plant and equipment to be used, including
details on the closest distance between the
Overhead Line Equipment and the work to be
performed; and
(j)
The issue of the Permit to Work will be accompanied
by verbal explanations from the Nominated Person
concerning the working limits, the locations of local
earths and the locations of any adjacent Overhead
Line Equipment which have not been Isolated.
41.14 Receipt of Permit to Work and
Commencement of Work
The Contractor shall ensure that —
(a)
upon receipt of the Permit to Work from the
Nominated Person, the Contractor’s Safety
Liaison Representative endorses the Permit to
Work by signing in the appropriate space on
the Permit to Work;
(b)
the Contractor’s Safety Liaison Representative
fully informs the Contractor'
s employees and
subcontractors, and any other personnel for
whom the Contractor is responsible who are
likely to be at the Work Site during the
Isolation, concerning the working limits, the
locations of local earths and the locations of
any adjacent Overhead Line Equipment which
have not been Isolated;
(c)
the
Contractor’s
Safety
Liaison
Representative, or any relief representative as
provided for under Clause 41.5, retains
personal possession of the Permit to Work at
all times during the Isolation, and remains at
the Work Site for the duration of the work, or
for such other period required by the Project
Manager in an emergency situation, until such
time as the Permit to Work has been
surrendered; and
any other relevant information.
Where necessary, the Contractor shall also make or
have made application for a Track Possession. The
Contractor acknowledges that, unless a Track
Possession is in effect, non-electric trains or other
track-mounted equipment may still travel over the
Operating Track.
The Contractor shall be responsible for the accuracy
of all information stated on the application for a
Permit to Work and for delivery of the application to
the Project Manager.
If a Permit to Work is not granted, the Project
Manager shall endeavour to give the Contractor at
least 24 hours notice of such advice, except that
Queensland Rail shall at all times reserve the right to
retract an approval or require the Contractor’s Safety
Liaison Representative to surrender a Permit to
Work.
no preparatory or other work is carried out
within 2.75 metres of the Overhead Line
Equipment until the requirements of paragraphs
(a) and (b) of Clause 41.14 have been complied
with, irrespective of the time for
commencement of the Permit to Work
nominated by the Contractor on the application
for that Permit to Work.
41.13 Issue of Permit to Work
Following isolation and earthing of the Overhead
Line Equipment, a Permit to Work shall be issued by
the Nominated Person to the Contractor’s Safety
Liaison Representative. The Permit to Work will
state —
(a)
the person to whom the Permit to Work is
issued;
(b)
the date and the time for commencement and
required time for surrender of the Permit to
Work;
41.15 Relief of the Contractor’s Safety
Liaison Representative
The Contractor shall ensure that —
(a)
if the Contractor’s Safety Liaison
Representative leaves the Work Site for which
a Permit to Work has been issued, the
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