How Often Does Union Pacific Cover RX Safety Glasses?

Safety Policy’s Statement:

It is the policy of Union Pacific Railroads to manage its business in a way that states the safety of contractors, employees, communities, and customers that serve. Union Pacific will struggle to stop all accidents, incidents, occupational illness, and injuries by the active contribution of sponsors. The company is dedicated to the continuous struggle to manage and identify safety risks that are related to its actions. Brief rules and regulations of safety policies are described here.  According to its rules:

• Support and encourage employee engagement in a safe workplace, a complete safety culture, and employee care.
• Maintain infrastructure, and equipment, and establish the document of the safety management system.
• Provide complete training and conduct training for safeguarding the people and property.
• Communicate with contractors, communities, customers, and employee’s roles and responsibilities.
• To confirm all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and instructions.
• Quickly respond with great care to emergencies, incidents, accidents, and all kinds of emergencies, and cooperate with official government agencies.

General Instructions About Safety:

Safety Responsibilities:

• Employees must follow the safety responsibilities.
• Be accountable for your safety and behaviour
• Protect completely the unsafe condition and report to legal authority
• Work limits should according to physical competencies
• Don’t force excessive force for the task completion
• Maintain situational alertness

Job Briefing:

• Job briefing should be conducted
• With all workers individually before starting work
• In case of any work plan or going to change group
• Must consider existing and possible hazards due to weather, work scope, and all tools or equipment
• Identify PPE needs
• Allocate responsibilities
• Describe briefly individual tasks with experiences and abilities
• Be aware of all details of group and safety gear in all working areas
• Categorized job location
• Confirm understanding of guidelines and tasks

Moving and Lifting Material:

• Check the load for weight, stability, grip, and size
• Make sure about the clear pathway because debris and other obstacles may cause accidents
• Check properly the place area
• Select the appropriate lifting technique
• Every person is responsible for his lifting limitations. Provide extra help for the handling of heavy objects. Before lifting follow these guidelines,
• Make sure about footing and excellent grip on materials
• An object should be close to your body
• Your upper body should be erect
• Lift smoothly without any jerky motions
• Avoid twisting and lifting at the same time

Body Parts Protection:

• Avoid keeping your feet, fingers, hands, and feet at that place where can be struck, crushed, pinched, or caught
• Before opening or closing the door:
• Inspect visual obstacles before operating
• Use only handle
• Body parts should clear from the side and edges while operating
• Avoid using feet

Personal Protective Equipment:

General Instructions:

• PPE or RX Optical Safety Glasses must be used while on duty and they should be,
• Approved by the safety department
• Use where job condition is needed by following all instructions, rules, supervisors, and directions.
• Don’t replace the PPE without any authority permission
• Anyone who is required to enter an area where PPE is necessary must wear it.
• Keep all PPE in good condition, with appropriate fitting, and replace it to maintain protection.

Eye Protection:

• While on the job place, wear company-certified spectacles like 3M Rx safety glasses that could cover the complete eye area. Eye protection is not necessary for,
• Lunchroom and office area
• A particular area for the department head
• Duty point area
• The dark lenses in case of insufficient light are not allowed to wear, except when you need them.
• Areas that need eye protection:
• While on duty wear wraparound safety specs particularly you wear them when,
• Designated repair or mechanical area
• Maintenance shop or work sites
• Workers need corrective use of US Rx safety glasses in case of refractive errors. Certain work activities need additional eyes safety. Read all instructions and rules about PPE policy or visit the Safety Department website.