---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 214.345"
title: "49"
number: "214.345"
heading: "Training for all roadway workers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/214.345"
---

# §214.345. Training for all roadway workers.


Consistent with [§ 214.343(b)](/cfr/49/214.343.md?p=b), the training of all roadway workers shall include, as a minimum, the following:

- (a) Recognition of railroad tracks and understanding of the space around them within which on-track safety is required.
- (b) **The functions and responsibilities of various persons involved with on-track safety procedures.**
- (c) Proper compliance with on-track safety instructions given by persons performing or responsible for on-track safety functions.
- (d) Signals given by watchmen/lookouts, and the proper procedures upon receiving a train approach warning from a lookout.
- (e) The hazards associated with working on or near railroad tracks, including review of on-track safety rules and procedures.
- (f) Instruction on railroad safety rules adopted to comply with [§ 214.317(b)](/cfr/49/214.317.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 65976, Dec. 16, 1996, as amended at 81 FR 37889, June 10, 2016]

### Source

Source: 61 FR 65976, Dec. 16, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 21301-21302, 31304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 28127, June 24, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 65976, Dec. 16, 1996, as amended at 81 FR 37889, June 10, 2016]