§ 671.33 — Job safety briefing policies.

49 CFR § 671.33

• Title: Title 49: Transportation
• Part: Part 671: Rail Transit Roadway Worker Protection
• Source: eCFR (current through Apr 10, 2026)

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§ 671.33 Job safety briefing policies.

(a) General. The RTA must ensure the roadway worker in charge provides any roadway worker who must foul a track with a job safety briefing prior to fouling the track, every time the roadway worker fouls the track.

(b) Elements. The job safety briefing must include, at a minimum, the following, as appropriate:

(1) A discussion of the nature of the work to be performed and the characteristics of the work, including work plans for multiple roadway worker groups within a single work area;

(2) Working limits;

(3) The hazards involved in performing the work. For RTAs with electrified systems, this discussion must include the status of power and hazards explicitly related to the electrified system;

(4) Information on how on-track safety is to be provided for each track identified to be fouled; identification and location of key personnel, such as a watchperson and the roadway worker in charge; and information on what should be done in the event of an emergency;

(5) Instructions for each on-track safety procedure to be followed, including appropriate flags and proper flag placement;

(6) Communication roles and responsibilities for all transit workers involved in the work;

(7) Safety information about any adjacent track, defined as track next to or adjoining the track zone where on-track safety has been established, and identification of roadway maintenance machines or on-track equipment that will foul such tracks;

(8) Information on the accessibility of the roadway worker in charge, including emergency contact information, and alternative procedures in the event the roadway worker in charge is no longer accessible to members of the roadway work group;

(9) Required personal protective equipment;

(10) Designated place(s) of safety of a sufficient size to accommodate all roadway workers within the work area; and

(11) The means for determining ample time.

(c) Confirmation and written acknowledgement. A job safety briefing is complete only after:

(1) The roadway worker in charge confirms that each roadway worker understands the on-track safety procedures and instructions;

(2) Each roadway worker acknowledges in writing the briefing and the requirement to use the required personal protective equipment; and

(3) The roadway worker in charge confirms in writing that they have received written acknowledgement of the briefing from each worker.

(d) Follow-up briefings. If after the initial job safety briefing there is any change in the scope of work or roadway work group, or on-track safety conditions change, or a violation of on-track safety is observed, a follow-up job safety briefing must be conducted.