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10/18/2024
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The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway (FHA) publishes a document titled the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The MUTCD sets requirements for traffic control devices nationally. The controls include signals, barricades and other controls for use on the nation’s roadways.
Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) require employers on highway construction sites to comply with the signaling requirements of Part VI of the MUTCD with regard to their employees.
Part VI of the MUTCD contains requirements for control of traffic in temporary control zones including highway construction areas. There are two hand signal methods allowed on construction sites. Chapter 6E of the MUTCD provides information about these two methods.
The “preferred method” is for the flagger to use an octagonal STOP/SLOW paddle. The paddle width is to be at least 18 inches and it is to be mounted on a long pole. The background of the STOP side of the paddle is shown as red with a white border, and the word “STOP” is shown in white. The background of the SLOW side of the paddle is shown as an orange diamond shape surrounded by a black area between the outside of the diamond and the octagonal edges of the sign and shows the word “SLOW” in black.
The second method is used during “emergency situations.” In an emergency situation, the flagger uses a square red flag with dimensions of 24 x 24 inches. The flag is attached to a staff or handle that has an overall length of 36 inches.
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) required employers on highway construction sites to comply with the signaling requirements of Part VI of the MUTCD with regard to their employees.
In 29 CFR 1926 subpart G (Signs, Signals, and Barricades), 1926.201(Signaling) states:
(a) Flaggers. Signaling by flaggers and the use of flaggers, including warning garments worn by flaggers shall conform to Part VI of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, (1988 Edition, Revision 3 or the Millennium Edition) , which are incorporated by reference in 1926.200(g)(2).
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