Link to an amendment published at 81 FR 37890, June 10, 2016.
(a) The training and qualification of roadway workers who provide for the on-track safety of groups of roadway workers through establishment of working limits or the assignment and supervision of watchmen/lookouts or flagmen shall include, as a minimum:
- (1) All the on-track safety training and qualification required of the roadway workers to be supervised and protected.
- (2) The content and application of the operating rules of the railroad pertaining to the establishment of working limits.
- (3) The content and application of the rules of the railroad pertaining to the establishment or train approach warning.
- (4) The relevant physical characteristics of the territory of the railroad upon which the roadway worker is qualified.
- (b) Initial and periodic qualification of a roadway worker to provide on track safety for groups shall be evidenced by a recorded examination.