Guidelines for the specification of blue safety flags in railroad operations

Hannon, Daniel J.; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)

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Guidelines for the specification of blue safety flags in railroad operations

2010-12-01
By Hannon, Daniel J.

[PDF-905.68 KB]

English

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Hannon, Daniel J.
Corporate Creators:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Subject/TRT Terms:

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Blue Flag Color Code Guidelines Railroad Facility Operations Railroad Safety Specifications Standards
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT-VNTSC-FRA-10-09 ; DOT/FRA/ORD-10/15

DOT-VNTSC-FRA-10-09 ; DOT/FRA/ORD-10/15 Less -
Resource Type:

Manual
Edition:

Technical report
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
Abstract:

Blue flag protection in the railroad industry provides safety to workers from the inadvertent movement of equipment on which they

are working. Current Federal regulations provide minimum specifications for the devices that can be used as blue flags, allowing

many devices to be used as long as they are blue. Safety standards developed by national and international committees that have

been adopted throughout a wide variety of high hazard industries, however, require greater specificity in the design of safety signs

and signals. An analysis of 11 commercially available blue safety flag products revealed that 5 did not meet any safety standards

beyond the minimum government regulations, and only 1 met the requirements of the most stringent safety code.

Recommendations are provided for blue safety flags that are consistent with the current meaning and use in the railroad industry

and that meet current safety code guidelines.
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RR04/FB102
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Federal Railroad Administration Volpe Center
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urn:sha256:4ace3c6d7077d033248e9a1e2c364c35f40835709074813a0daa65e2e3fe06ac
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