[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: 49CFR214.511]



[Page 168]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 214_RAILROAD WORKPLACE SAFETY--Table of Contents

 

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

 

Sec.  214.511  Required audible warning devices for new on-track 



roadway maintenance machines.



    Each new on-track roadway maintenance machine shall be equipped 

with:

    (a) A horn or other audible warning device that produces a sound 

loud enough to be heard by roadway workers and other machine operators 

within the immediate work area. The triggering mechanism for the device 

shall be clearly identifiable and within easy reach of the machine 

operator; and

    (b) An automatic change-of-direction alarm which provides an audible 

signal that is at least three seconds long and is distinguishable from 

the surrounding noise. Change of direction alarms may be interrupted by 

the machine operator when operating the machine in the work mode if the 

function of the machine would result in a constant, or almost constant, 

sounding of the device. In any action brought by FRA to enforce the 

change-of-direction alarm requirement, the employer shall have the 

burden of proving that use of the change-of-direction alarm in a 

particular work function would cause a constant, or almost constant, 

sounding of the device.