['Personal Protective Equipment', 'Work Zones']
['Safety Vests', 'Work Zones']
03/06/2024
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29 CFR 1926.200(g)(2) indicates that in construction areas (zones) employers have to comply with 1993 or Millennium Edition version of Part VI of the Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The MUTCD requires:
For safety vests, the 1993 version says:
For daytime work, the flagger’s vest, shirt, or jacket shall be orange, yellow, strong yellow green or fluorescent versions of these colors. For nighttime work, similar outside garments shall be retroreflective. The retroreflective materials shall be orange, yellow, white, silver, strong yellow-green, or a fluorescent version of one of these colors and shall be visible at a minimum distance of 1,000 feet. The retroreflective clothing shall be designed to identify clearly the wearer as a person and be visible through the full range of body motions.
The 2000 version says:
For daytime work, the flagger’s vest, shirt, or jacket shall be either orange, yellow, yellow-green, or a fluorescent version of these colors. For nighttime work, similar outside garments shall be retroreflective. The retroreflective material shall be either orange, yellow, white, silver, yellow-green, or a fluorescent version of these colors, and shall be visible at a minimum distance of 300 m (1,000 ft). The retroreflective clothing shall be designed to clearly identify the wearer as a person.
One other issue is the newest ANSI standard—ANSI/ISEA 107-1999—American National Standard for High-Visibility Safety Apparel. This standard describes high visibility clothing as Class I, II, and III. Class III garments will meet OSHA/DOT requirements above that requires “clearly identifying the wearer as a person.” Although an excellent standard for meeting the requirements of OSHA and DOT, it is a voluntary industry consensus standard and is not a requirement. However, some state DOT’s are requiring adherence to the ANSI/ISEA standard.
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