[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR214.1]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 214_RAILROAD WORKPLACE SAFETY--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 214.1  Purpose and scope.









                            Subpart A_General



Sec.

214.1 Purpose and scope.

214.3 Application.

214.4 Preemptive effect.

214.5 Responsibility for compliance.

214.7 Definitions.



                Subpart B_Bridge Worker Safety Standards



214.101 Purpose and scope.

214.103 Fall protection, generally.

214.105 Fall protection systems standards and practices.

214.107 Working over or adjacent to water.

214.109 Scaffolding.

214.111 Personal protective equipment, generally.

214.113 Head protection.

214.115 Foot protection.

214.117 Eye and face protection.



                   Subpart C_Roadway Worker Protection



214.301 Purpose and scope.

214.302 Information collection requirements.

214.303 Railroad on-track safety programs, generally.

214.305 Compliance dates.

214.307 Review and approval of individual on-track safety programs by 

          FRA.

214.309 On-track safety program documents.

214.311 Responsibility of employers.

214.313 Responsibility of individual roadway workers.

214.315 Supervision and communication.

214.317 On-track safety procedures, generally.

214.319 Working limits, generally.

214.321 Exclusive track occupancy.

214.323 Foul time.

214.325 Train coordination.

214.327 Inaccessible track.

214.329 Train approach warning provided by watchmen/lookouts.

214.331 Definite train location.

214.333 Informational line-ups of trains.

214.335 On-track safety procedures for roadway work groups.

214.337 On-track safety procedures for lone workers.

214.339 Audible warning from trains.

214.341 Roadway maintenance machines.

214.343 Training and qualification, general.

214.345 Training for all roadway workers.

214.347 Training and qualification for lone workers.

214.349 Training and qualification of watchmen/lookouts.

214.351 Training and qualification of flagmen.

214.353 Training and qualification of roadway workers who provide on-

          track safety for roadway work groups.

214.355 Training and qualification in on-track safety for operators of 

          roadway maintenance machines.



  Subpart D_On-Track Roadway Maintenance Machines and Hi-Rail Vehicles



214.501 Purpose and scope.

214.503 Good-faith challenges; procedures for notification and 

          resolution.

214.505 Required environmental control and protection systems for new 

          on-track roadway maintenance machines with enclosed cabs.

214.507 Required safety equipment for new on-track roadway maintenance 

          machines.

214.509 Required visual illumination and reflective devices for new on-

          track roadway maintenance machines.

214.511 Required audible warning devices for new on-track roadway 

          maintenance machines.

214.513 Retrofitting of existing on-track roadway maintenance machines; 

          general.

214.515 Overhead covers for existing on-track roadway maintenance 

          machines.

214.517 Retrofitting of existing on-track roadway maintenance machines 

          manufactured on or after January 1, 1991.

214.518 Safe and secure positions for riders.

214.519 Floors, decks, stairs, and ladders of on-track roadway 

          maintenance machines.



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214.521 Flagging equipment for on-track roadway maintenance machines and 

          hi-rail vehicles.

214.523 Hi-rail vehicles.

214.525 Towing with on-track roadway maintenance machines or hi-rail 

          vehicles.

214.527 On-track roadway maintenance machines; inspection for compliance 

          and schedule for repairs.

214.529 In-service failure of primary braking system.

214.531 Schedule of repairs; general.

214.533 Schedule of repairs subject to availability of parts.



Appendix A to Part 214--Schedule of Civil Penalties



    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 21301, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461, 

note; and 49 CFR 1.49.



    Source: 57 FR 28127, June 24, 1992, unless otherwise noted.







    (a) The purpose of this part is to prevent accidents and casualties 

to employees involved in certain railroad inspection, maintenance and 

construction activities.

    (b) This part prescribes minimum Federal safety standards for the 

railroad workplace safety subjects addressed herein. This part does not 

restrict a railroad or railroad contractor from adopting and enforcing 

additional or more stringent requirements not inconsistent with this 

part.