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Rail

Mechanical maintenance, welding and fabrication for maintenance shops and rail yards.

Planned shutdown — Rail

How is work organized in a shop or rail yard?

The work follows the carrier's safety rules: safety orientation, track protection and train movements coordinated by the site supervisor. Interprovincial railway companies fall under the Canada Labour Code, Part II: their safety programs apply to our crews in addition to our own procedures.

Permit templates to download

Sources

  1. Canada Labour Code, Part II, and Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/86-304) — federally regulated undertakings
  2. CSA W59 — Welded steel construction; CSA W47.1 — Certification of welding companies (Canadian Welding Bureau)
  3. ASP Construction — Hot work permit (template, 2023)
  4. NFPA 51B — Standard for Fire Prevention During Welding, Cutting, and Other Hot Work
  5. CSA W117.2 — Safety in welding, cutting and allied processes
  6. Règlement sur la santé et la sécurité du travail (Regulation respecting occupational health and safety) (RSST), CQLR c. S-2.1, r. 13 — lockout (ss. 188.1 to 188.13), confined spaces (ss. 297 to 312), fall protection (ss. 33.2, 33.3 and 346 to 354)