Rule 3. They [employees] will familiarize themselves with the tools, appliances and equipment with which they have to work, and know for themselves that the condition of tools, appliances, equipment and machinery are safe, or made safe, before using them.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, Safety Rules, Effective May 1, 1920
Rule 4022. Employees entering or leaving boarding or outfit cars on sidetracks next to main track should do so from the end or opposite side from main track where practicable.
New York Central System, Safety Rules, Effective March 1, 1943
Rule 98. Trains must approach the end of double track, junctions, interlocked railway crossings at grade, and interlocked drawbridges, prepared to stop, unless the switches and signals are right, and the track is clear.
At railway crossings at grade and drawbridges, not interlocked, trains must stop and not proceed until the proper signal has been given.
Grand Trunk Railway System, Operating Rules and General Regulations, effective June 18, 1911
Rule 43. Face shields shall not be used alone as a substitute for goggles or spectacles for eye protection.
Chessie System Safety Rules, Effective June 15, 1979
Rule 51. Stepping or walking on rail, derail, frog, switch, interlocking equipment, retarder, loose wheel detectors or defective equipment detectors is prohibited.
Chessie System Safety Rules, Effective June 15, 1979
Rule 52. No record will be made against an employee without notice to him, and an opportunity for explanation and defense.
Northern Pacific Railway Company, Rules and Regulations Operating Department, Effective June 1, 1899.