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High-Visibility Safety Apparel And Headwear
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| Here I am (Steve Margison) wearing my vest and toboggan hat as I stand alongside Indiana Highway 46 East of Nashville, Indiana, as traffic races by - February 18, 2009. |
FHWA Statutes:
All workers within the right-of-way of a Federal-aid highway who are exposed either to traffic (vehicles using the highway for purposes of travel) or to construction equipment within the work area shall wear high-visibility safety apparel. 23 C.F.R. § 634.3.
Workers means people on foot whose duties place them within the right-of-way of a Federal-aid highway, such as highway construction and maintenance forces, survey crews, utility crews, responders to incidents within the highway right-of-way, and law enforcement personnel when directing traffic, investigating crashes, and handling lane closures, obstructed roadways, and disasters within the right-of-way of a Federal-aid highway. 23 C.F.R. § 634.2
High-visibility safety apparel means personal protective safety clothing that is intended to provide conspicuity during both daytime and nighttime usage, and that meets the Performance Class 2 or 3 requirements of the ANSI/ISEA 107-2004 publication entitled "American National Standard for High-Visibility Safety Apparel and Headwear." 23 C.F.R. § 634.2
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Last Updated or Revised on October 1, 2009
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