[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: 49CFR214.117]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 214_RAILROAD WORKPLACE SAFETY--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart B_Bridge Worker Safety Standards

 

Sec. 214.117  Eye and face protection.



    (a) Railroad bridge workers shall be provided and shall wear eye and 

face protection equipment when potential eye or face injury may result 

from physical, chemical, or radiant agents.

    (b) Eye and face protection equipment required by this section shall 

conform to the national consensus standards for occupational and 

educational eye and face protection (American National Standards 

Institute, Z87.1-1989, Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and 

Face Protection). This incorporation by reference was approved by the 

Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 

1 CFR part 51. Copies may be obtained from the American National 

Standards Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036. Copies may 

be inspected at the Federal Railroad Administration, Docket Clerk, 1120 

Vermont Avenue, Washington, DC, or at the National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this 

material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/

federal--register/code--of--federal--regulations/ibr--locations.html.

    (c) Face and eye protection equipment required by this section shall 

be kept clean and in good repair. Use of equipment with structural or 

optical defects is prohibited.

    (d) Railroad bridge workers whose vision requires the use of 

corrective lenses, when required by this section to wear eye protection, 

shall be protected by goggles or spectacles of one of the following 

types:

    (i) Spectacles whose protective lenses provide optical correction 

the, frame of which includes shielding against objects reaching the 

wearer's eyes around the lenses;

    (ii) Goggles that can be worn over corrective lenses without 

disturbing the adjustment of the lenses; or

    (iii) Goggles that incorporate corrective lenses mounted behind the 

protective lenses.



[67 FR 1908, Jan. 15, 2002; 67 FR 11055, Mar. 12, 2002]