---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 214.347"
title: "49"
number: "214.347"
heading: "Training and qualification for lone workers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/214.347"
---

# §214.347. Training and qualification for lone workers.


Each lone worker shall be trained and qualified by the employer to establish on-track safety in accordance with the requirements of this section, and must be authorized to do so by the railroad that conducts train operations on those tracks.

- (a) The training and qualification for lone workers shall include, as a minimum, consideration of the following factors:
  - (1) **Detection of approaching trains and prompt movement to a place of safety upon their approach.**
  - (2) Determination of the distance along the track at which trains must be visible in order to provide the prescribed warning time.
  - (3) Rules and procedures prescribed by the railroad for individual train detection, establishment of working limits, and definite train location.
  - (4) On-track safety procedures to be used in the territory on which the employee is to be qualified and permitted to work alone.
  - (5) Alternative means to access the information in a railroad's on-track safety manual when a lone worker's duties make it impracticable for the on-track safety manual to be readily available.
- (b) Initial and periodic (as specified by [§ 243.201](/cfr/49/243.201.md) of this chapter) qualification of a lone worker shall be evidenced by demonstrated proficiency.

## 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]