---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 671.31"
title: "49"
number: "671.31"
heading: "Roadway worker in charge requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/671.31"
---

# §671.31. Roadway worker in charge requirements.

- (a) **On-track safety and supervision.** The RTA must designate one roadway worker in charge for each roadway work group whose duties require fouling a track.
  - (1) The roadway worker in charge must be qualified under the RTA's training and qualification program as specified in [§ 671.41](/cfr/49/671.41.md).
  - (2) The roadway worker in charge may be designated generally or may be designated specifically for a particular work situation.
  - (3) The roadway worker in charge is responsible for the on-track safety for all members of the roadway work group.
  - (4) The roadway worker in charge must serve only the function of maintaining on-track safety for all members of the roadway work group and perform no other unrelated job function while designated for duty.
  - (5) For multiple roadway work groups within common working limits, the RTA may designate a single roadway worker in charge for the entire working limit. If a single roadway worker in charge is designated over multiple roadway work groups within a working limit, each work group must be accompanied by an employee qualified to the level of a roadway worker in charge, as specified in [§ 671.41](/cfr/49/671.41.md), who shall be responsible for direct communication with the roadway worker in charge.
- (b) **Communication.** The RTA must ensure that the roadway worker in charge provides a job safety briefing to all roadway workers before any member of a roadway work group fouls a track, following the requirements specified in [§ 671.33](/cfr/49/671.33.md).
  - (1) The roadway worker in charge must provide a job safety briefing to all members of the roadway work group before any on-track safety procedures change during the work period, whenever on-track safety conditions change, or immediately following an observed violation of on-track safety procedures, before work in the track zone may continue.
  - (2) In the event of an emergency, the roadway worker in charge must warn each roadway worker to immediately leave the roadway and not return until on-track safety is re-established, and a job safety briefing is completed.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5329, 49 CFR 1.91.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 87220, Oct. 31, 2024, unless otherwise noted.