Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 332.21

Current through October 28, 2024

Section SPS 332.21 - General requirements [29 CFR 1910.22 and 1926.20]

These are department rules in addition to the requirements in 29 CFR 1910.22 and 1926.20:

(1)Any employee who works on highways, roads, streets or their easements, including any of these workplaces that are not permanent places of employment, shall be provided with and wear an approved traffic-safety vest, or other clothing or equipment that provides equivalent high visibility of the employee.

Note: For further information regarding safety vests and clothing that are acceptable for providing to employees, see American National Standards Institute/International Safety Equipment Association (ANSI/ISEA) standard 107 - High-Visibility Safety Apparel and Headwear. Vests and clothing that are accepted under this standard typically do not become unacceptable upon publication of a later edition of the standard.

(2)An employer shall provide traffic control devices for the work under sub. (1), and the devices shall be used to regulate, warn, guide, or inform traffic of the work and of the presence of employees.

Note: Under s. 349.065, Stats., traffic control devices must be designed, installed and operated in accordance with the uniform traffic control devices manual adopted by the department of transportation under s. 84.02(4) (e), Stats. The manual may be obtained from the American Traffic Safety Services Association, 15 Riverside Parkway, Suite 100, Fredericksburg, VA 22406-1022, telephone 800/231-3475. Electronic copies are available at the Federal Highway Administration website at http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/.

(3)No person may work on the surface of any structural member, floor, or other working platform that has become slippery from ice, snow, frost, paint or other cause, unless the surface is cleaned, sprinkled with sand, or made non-slippery insofar as the nature of the work will permit

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 332.21

Cr. Register, February, 1999, No. 518, eff. 3-1-99.

Amended by, CR 14-060: r. and recr. Register August 2015 No. 716, eff.9/1/2015