S-3.3, r. 2 - Regulation respecting rail safety

Section 69 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

69. The rail operating supervisor must stop equipment movement as long as one of the following defects still remains on the rail:

(1)  compound transverse fissure or engine burn fracture that affects rail head cross-sectional area at 100%;

(2)  vertical split head;

(3)  head web separation;

(4)  bolt hole crack extending to the rail head

(5)  broken base more than 15.24 cm (6 in.); or

(6)  ordinary break.

Notwithstanding the first paragraph, equipment movement is authorized provided that a person designated by the operator is in charge of it.

Applying joint bars may be a remedial action to the defects referred to in subparagraphs 1, 5 and 6 of the first paragraph.

O.C. 1401-2000, s. 69.