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Applicability
All employers with employees exposed to hazards in the work zone.
Emergency responders, clean-up, utility, demolition, construction, and others who work in areas where there are moving vehicles and traffic are exposed to being struck by moving vehicles.
Definitions
Standards and guidance
Employers are required to protect employees from hazards encountered on the job. One way to help do this is provide the proper personal protective equipment (PPE). In addition to head, eye, hearing, respiratory, and foot protection PPE, there is one other important type of PPE that is often needed by employees in construction work zones: high-visibility clothing. For these warning garments, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) 29 CFR 1926.201 requires compliance with Part VI of the MUTCD (1988 Edition, Revision 3, or the Millennium Edition).
OSHA regulations require adherence to the MUTCD for all traffic control signs and devices used for protecting construction workers. Also, flaggers must wear warning garments that meet requirements of the MUTCD per 1926.201(a). There are no OSHA requirements specific to the individual worker doing road work.
If the road work is a federal project, or the work is done for a state, county, or municipality, the inclusion of the requirements for warning garments in MUTCD will be enough to require construction companies to provide American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved safety vests.
Hazards
Highway, road, street, bridge, tunnel, utility, and other workers are exposed to a variety of hazards inside and outside a work zone.
Applicability
All employers with employees exposed to hazards in the work zone.
Emergency responders, clean-up, utility, demolition, construction, and others who work in areas where there are moving vehicles and traffic are exposed to being struck by moving vehicles.
Definitions
Standards and guidance
Employers are required to protect employees from hazards encountered on the job. One way to help do this is provide the proper personal protective equipment (PPE). In addition to head, eye, hearing, respiratory, and foot protection PPE, there is one other important type of PPE that is often needed by employees in construction work zones: high-visibility clothing. For these warning garments, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) 29 CFR 1926.201 requires compliance with Part VI of the MUTCD (1988 Edition, Revision 3, or the Millennium Edition).
OSHA regulations require adherence to the MUTCD for all traffic control signs and devices used for protecting construction workers. Also, flaggers must wear warning garments that meet requirements of the MUTCD per 1926.201(a). There are no OSHA requirements specific to the individual worker doing road work.
If the road work is a federal project, or the work is done for a state, county, or municipality, the inclusion of the requirements for warning garments in MUTCD will be enough to require construction companies to provide American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved safety vests.
Hazards
Highway, road, street, bridge, tunnel, utility, and other workers are exposed to a variety of hazards inside and outside a work zone.