Minnesota Administrative Rules

7422.1100 ROAD GUARD FLAGGING EQUIPMENT; APPAREL REQUIREMENTS.

Subpart 1.

Flagging equipment.

A motorcycle road guard who is performing traffic control in accordance with part 7422.0200 must use a collapsible STOP/SLOW paddle that:

A.

has an octagonal shape;

B.

is at least 18 inches wide with letters at least six inches high;

C.

on the STOP face, has white letters and white border on a red background;

D.

on the SLOW face, has black letters and a black border on an orange background; and

E.

is retro-reflective.

Subp. 2.

Required high-visibility safety apparel.

A motorcycle road guard must wear the high-visibility safety apparel in items A to C when acting as a flagger and performing traffic control in accordance with parts 7422.1000 and 7422.1100.

A.

A safety vest, shirt, or jacket labeled as meeting the ANSI standard identified in subpart 3.

B.

The apparel in item A must be orange-red, fluorescent yellow-green, or a combination of the two as defined in the ANSI standard.

C.

The retro-reflective material of the apparel in item A must be orange, yellow, white, silver, yellow-green, or a fluorescent version of these colors and must be visible at a minimum distance of 1,000 feet.

Subp. 3.

ANSI/ISEA 107-2004 requirement.

A motorcycle road guard who is acting as a flagger and performing traffic control in accordance with part 7422.0200 must wear high-visibility safety apparel that meets the Performance Class 2 or 3 requirements of the ANSI/ISEA 107-2004 publication entitled "American National Standard for High-Visibility Apparel and Headwear" and labeled as meeting the ANSI/ISEA 107-2004 standard performance for Class 2 or 3 risk exposure. This standard is not subject to frequent change. A copy of the standard is available at the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, D.C., 20590, or on the Internet at http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/interpretations/pdf/6_09_12.pdf.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 171.60

History:

39 SR 157

Published Electronically:

August 13, 2014