[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 49CFR214.315]



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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.  214.315  Supervision and communication.



    (a) When an employer assigns duties to a roadway worker that call 

for that employee to foul a track, the employer shall provide the 

employee with a job briefing that includes information on the means by 

which on-track safety is to be provided, and instruction on the on-track 

safety procedures to be followed.

    (b) A job briefing for on-track safety shall be deemed complete only 

after the roadway worker has acknowledged understanding of the on-track 

safety procedures and instructions presented.

    (c) Every roadway work group whose duties require fouling a track 

shall have one roadway worker designated by the employer to provide on-

track safety for all members of the group. The designated person shall 

be qualified under the rules of the railroad that conducts train 

operations on those tracks to provide the protection necessary for on-

track safety of each individual in the group. The responsible person may 

be designated generally, or specifically for a particular work 

situation.

    (d) Before any member of a roadway work group fouls a track, the 

designated person providing on-track safety for the group under 

paragraph (c) of this section shall inform each roadway worker of the 

on- track safety procedures to be used and followed during the 

performance of the work at that time and location. Each roadway worker 

shall again be so informed at any time the on-track safety procedures 

change during the work period. Such information shall be given to all 

roadway workers affected before the change is effective, except in cases 

of emergency. Any roadway workers who, because of an emergency, cannot 

be notified in advance shall be immediately warned to leave the fouling 

space and shall not return to the fouling space until on-track safety is 

re-established.

    (e) Each lone worker shall communicate at the beginning of each duty 

period with a supervisor or another designated employee to receive a job 

briefing and to advise of his or her planned itinerary and the 

procedures that he or she intends to use for on-track safety. When 

communication channels are disabled, the job briefing shall be conducted 

as soon as possible after the beginning of the work period when 

communications are restored.



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