[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: 49CFR214.343]



[Page 161]

 

                        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. 214.343  Training and qualification, general.



    (a) No employer shall assign an employee to perform the duties of a 

roadway worker, and no employee shall accept such assignment, unless 

that employee has received training in the on-track safety procedures 

associated with the assignment to be performed, and that employee has 

demonstrated the ability to fulfill the responsibilities for on-track 

safety that are required of an individual roadway worker performing that 

assignment.

    (b) Each employer shall provide to all roadway workers in its employ 

initial or recurrent training once every calendar year on the on-track 

safety rules and procedures that they are required to follow.

    (c) Railroad employees other than roadway workers, who are 

associated with on-track safety procedures, and whose primary duties are 

concerned with the movement and protection of trains, shall be trained 

to perform their functions related to on-track safety through the 

training and qualification procedures prescribed by the operating 

railroad for the primary position of the employee, including maintenance 

of records and frequency of training.

    (d) Each employer of roadway workers shall maintain written or 

electronic records of each roadway worker qualification in effect. Each 

record shall include the name of the employee, the type of qualification 

made, and the most recent date of qualification. These records shall be 

kept available for inspection and photocopying by the Federal Railroad 

Administrator during regular business hours.