[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: 49CFR214.341]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 214_RAILROAD WORKPLACE SAFETY--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart C_Roadway Worker Protection

 

Sec. 214.341  Roadway maintenance machines.



    (a) Each employer shall include in its on-track safety program 

specific provisions for the safety of roadway workers who operate or 

work near roadway maintenance machines. Those provisions shall address:

    (1) Training and qualification of operators of roadway maintenance 

machines.

    (2) Establishment and issuance of safety procedures both for general 

application and for specific types of machines.

    (3) Communication between machine operators and roadway workers 

assigned to work near or on roadway maintenance machines.

    (4) Spacing between machines to prevent collisions.

    (5) Space between machines and roadway workers to prevent personal 

injury.

    (6) Maximum working and travel speeds for machines dependent upon 

weather, visibility, and stopping capabilities.

    (b) Instructions for the safe operation of each roadway machine 

shall be provided and maintained with each machine large enough to carry 

the instruction document.

    (1) No roadway worker shall operate a roadway maintenance machine 

without having been trained in accordance with Sec. 214.355.

    (2) No roadway worker shall operate a roadway maintenance machine 

without having complete knowledge of the safety instructions applicable 

to that machine.

    (3) No employer shall assign roadway workers to work near roadway 

machines unless the roadway worker has been informed of the safety 

procedures applicable to persons working near the roadway machines and 

has acknowledged full understanding.

    (c) Components of roadway maintenance machines shall be kept clear 

of trains passing on adjacent tracks. Where operating conditions permit 

roadway maintenance machines to be less than four feet from the rail of 

an adjacent track, the on-track safety



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program of the railroad shall include the procedural instructions 

necessary to provide adequate clearance between the machine and passing 

trains.