---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1915.84"
title: "29"
number: "1915.84"
heading: "Working alone."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1915.84"
---

# §1915.84. Working alone.

- (a) Except as provided in [§ 1915.51(c)(3)](/cfr/29/1915.51.md?p=c-3) of this part, whenever an employee is working alone, such as in a confined space or isolated location, the employer shall account for each employee:
  - (1) Throughout each workshift at regular intervals appropriate to the job assignment to ensure the employee's safety and health; and
  - (2) **At the end of the job assignment or at the end of the workshift, whichever occurs first.**
- (b) The employer shall account for each employee by sight or verbal communication.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 76 FR 24698, May 2, 2011., unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 941; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754); 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), or 8-2020 (85 FR 58393); 29 CFR part 1911; and 5 U.S.C. 553, as applicable.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, unless otherwise noted.