---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 214.355"
title: "49"
number: "214.355"
heading: "Training and qualification of each roadway worker in on-track safety for operators of roadway maintenance machines."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/214.355"
---

# §214.355. Training and qualification of each roadway worker in on-track safety for operators of roadway maintenance machines.

- (a) The training and qualification of roadway workers who operate roadway maintenance machines shall include, as a minimum:
  - (1) Procedures to prevent a person from being struck by the machine when the machine is in motion or operation.
  - (2) Procedures to prevent any part of the machine from being struck by a train or other equipment on another track.
  - (3) **Procedures to provide for stopping the machine short of other machines or obstructions on the track.**
  - (4) Methods to determine safe operating procedures for each machine that the operator is expected to operate.
- (b) Initial and periodic (as specified by [§ 243.201](/cfr/49/243.201.md) of this chapter) qualification of a roadway worker to operate roadway maintenance machines shall be evidenced by demonstrated proficiency.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 65976, Dec. 16, 1996, as amended at 81 FR 37890, 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 37890, June 10, 2016]