Minnesota Administrative Rules

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Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together
is progress. Working together is success.
Henry Ford
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Why are we talking about these topics today?

• According to most adult training experts, adults
  have 4 basic training needs
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  effective and successful

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Objectives

• Whos who?
• Regulations, Standards, Codes
• Definitions
• Clothing Elements
• Work Zone Facts Stats
• ASNI Standard Hi-Vis Clothing
• Summary

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Whos who?

• Regulators / Standards
• EEI, OSHA, NESC, ASTM, NFPA70E
• Component Manufacturers
• Zippers, buttons, lining materials, etc.
• Fabric Suppliers
• Itex (Banwear ), Westex (Ultra-Soft ), ITI
  (EMC ), Dupont (Nomex ), Kermel, etc.
• Manufacturers
• Actionwear, Walls Industries, Bulwark, Workrite,
  Carhartt, etc.
• Distributors/Industrial Launder
• Amaril Uniform, Buy Direct, Tyndale, G and K,
  Cintas, etc.

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Regulations, Standards, Codes

• OSHA 1910.269
• National Electric Safety Code
• (NESC 2007)
• OSHA 1910.302, Sub Part S
• ASTM F1959
• ASTM F1506
• National Fire Protection Agency
• (NFPA 70E)
• National Electric Code (NEC)

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OSHA 1910.269

• OSHA 1910.269, Sub Part I
• 1910.269 (l)(6)
• Apparel.
• 1910.269 (l)(6)(ii)
• The employer shall train each employee who is
  exposed to the hazards of flames or electric arc
  in the hazards involved.

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OSHA 1910.269 (cont.)

• 1910.269 (l)(6)(iii)
• The employer shall ensure that each employee who
  is exposed to the hazards of flames or electric
  arcs does not wear clothing that, when exposed to
  flames or electric arcs, could increase the
  extent of the injury that would be sustained by
  the employee.

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OSHA 1910.269 (cont.)

• 1910.269 (l)(6)(iii)
• Note clothing made from the following types of
  fabrics, either alone or in blends, is prohibited
  by this paragraph, unless the employer can
  demonstrate that the fabric has been treated to
  withstand the conditions that may be encountered
  or that the clothing is worn in such a manner as
  to eliminate the hazard involved acetate, nylon,
  polyester, rayon.

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National Electric Safety Code

• Single most important document for safeguarding
  persons against electrical hazards during the
  installation, operation and maintenance of
  electric supply and communication lines.
• It contains extensive updates and critical
  revisions that directly impact the power utility
  industry.
• Adopted by law by the majority of states and
  Public Service Commissions across the US
• NESC is a performance code considered to be the
  authoritative source on good electrical
  engineering practice, for over 90 years.

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NESC 2007

• Abstract . . . Basic provisions for
  safeguarding of persons from hazards arising from
  the installation, operations, or maintenance of
  (1) conductors and equipment in electric supply
  stations, and (2) overhead and underground
  electric supply and communications lines. It
  also includes work rules for the construction,
  maintenance, and operation of electric supply and
  communication lines and equipment.

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NESC 2007 (cont.)

• The standard is applicable to the systems and
  equipment operated by utilities, or similar
  systems and equipment, of an industrial
  establishment or complex under the control of
  qualified persons.

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NESC 2007 (cont.)

• Effective January 1, 2009
• The employer shall ensure that an assessment is
  performed to determine potential exposure to an
  electric arc for employees who work on or near
  energized parts or equipment. the employer
  shall require employees to wear clothing or a
  clothing system that has an effective arc rating
  not less than the anticipated level of arc
  energy.

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ASTM F 1959

• Standard on Electrical ProtectiveEquipment for
  Workers
• F1959 Standard Test Method for Determining the
  Arc Rating of Materials for Clothing

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ASTM F 1506

• F1506 Standard Performance Specification for
  Flame Resistant Textile Materials for Wearing
  Apparel for Use by Electrical Workers Exposed to
  Momentary Electric Arc and Related Thermal
  Hazards
• Key Sections include
• 4. Significance and Use
• 5. Materials and Manufacture
• 6. Requirements (labeling)

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ASTM F 1506 (cont.)

• 6. Requirements (labeling)
• 6.3 Garments shall be labeled with the following
  information
• 6.3.1 Tracking identification code system.
• 6.3.2 Meets requirements of Performance Specific
  ation F 1506
• 6.3.3 Manufacturers name
• 6.3.4 Size and other associated
  standard labeling,
• 6.3.5 Care instructions and fiber content, and
• 6.3.6 Arc rating (ATPV) or arc rating (EBT)

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Definitions

• Arc Thermal Protection Value (ATPV)
• In arc testing, the incident energy on a fabric
  or material that results in sufficient heat
  transfer through the fabric or material to cause
  one onset of 2nd degree burn based on the Stoll
  curve.
• When the arc rating represents the ATPV it is
  indicated as arc rating ATPV.
• ASTM F1506 Section 3., Terminology

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Definitions (cont.)

• Breakopen Threshold Energy EBT
• The average of the five highest E1 values that
  did not cause specimen breakopen and did not
  cause sensor temperature rise to exceed the Stoll
  curve.
• When the ATPV of the material cannot be
  determined due to breakopen, the arc rating is
  determined by measuring the EBT according to Test
  Method ASTM F1959.
• When representing Breakopen Threshold Energy, it
  is indicated as arc rating EBT .
• ASTM F1506 Section 3., Terminology

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OSHA 1910.302, Sub Part S

• Electrical Standard 1910.302-1910.308 Focusing
  on the Design and Installation of Electric
  Equipment
• After August 13, 2007 the revised Electrical
  Installation Standard will be effective.
• OSHA can site the general industry using the
  NFPA 70E consensus standard.

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OSHA 1910.302, Sub Part S

• EXEMPTION FROM THE NEW STANDARD  Installations
  under the exclusive control of electric utilities
  for the purpose of communication or metering or
  for the generation, control, transformation,
  transmission, and distribution of electric
  energy.

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NFPA 70E (not-covered)

• (3) Installations of railways for generation,
  transformation, transmission, or distribution of
  power used exclusively for operation of rolling
  stock or installations used exclusively for
  signaling and communications purposes
• (4) Installations of communications equipment
  under the exclusive control of communications
  utilities located outdoors or in building spaces
  used exclusively for such installations

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NFPA 70E (not-covered)

• (5) Installations under the exclusive control of
  an electric utility where such installations
• a. Consist of service drops or service laterals,
  and associated metering,
• b. Are located in legally established easements
  or rights-of-way designated by or recognized by
  public service commissions, utility commissions,
  or other regulatory agencies having jurisdiction
  for such installations
• c. Are on property owned or leased by the
  electric utility for the purpose of
  communications, metering, generation, control,
  transformation, transmission, or distribution of
  electric energy.

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Hazard Risk Categories(HRC)

• Defined in NFPA 70E 2009 Edition
• Fabrics must meet ASTM F1506
• HRC 0
• HRC 1 min Arc rating of 4 (note 1)
• HRC 2 min Arc rating of 8 (note 1)
• HRC 2 min Arc rating of 8 (note 1)
• HRC 3 min Arc rating of 25 (note 1)
• HRC 4 min Arc rating of 40 (note 1)

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National Electric Code(NEC)

• (2) the NEC is intended for the use primarily by
  those who design, install and inspect electrical
  installations. OSHAs electrical regulations
  address the employer and employee in their
  workplace. The technical content and complexity
  of the NEC is extremely difficult for the average
  employer and employee to understand.
• (3) Some of the detailed provisions within the
  NEC are not directly related to employees safety
  and therefore are of little value for OSHAs
  needs.Forward to NFPA 70E, Page 70E-1

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Accidents happen!! The severity can be reduced,
when the right clothing is chosen!
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What FR clothing isNOT!
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What FR Clothing IS!

• Clothing made from fabrics that self-extinguish
• Fabrics may be natural or synthetic
• Designed to limit (not eliminate) burn injury
• Survival, extent of injury, recovery time and
  quality of life are all dependent on FR clothing
  performance

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Engineered FR Fabrics

• Natural fibers
• Synthetic fibers
• Natural/synthetic blends
• Flame resistance must be durable to launderings,
  wear, environment, etc. for the service life of
  the garment
• Look for proven products!
• Look for patented products!
• Get the proof ask for testing of fabrics!

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Why is FR Needed?

• Most severe burn injuries and fatalities are
  caused by non-flame resistant clothing igniting
  and continuing to burn
• Flame resistant clothing will self-extinguish,
  thus reducing or better, limiting the injury
• Body area under non-FR clothing is often burned
  more severely than exposed skin

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How to save ?

• No need to re-create the wheel leverage
  experiences from others in the industry. . .
• Know what you are buying and where from!
• Whos making the decisions for clothing?
• Purchase inventoried garments - avoid custom
  garments.

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Clothing Elements

• Why the big deal with the fabric?
• The fabric is the SAFETY technology of the
  garment, if the fabric fails. . .
• Some fabrics perform well in the open while
  others perform poorly in confined spaces.
• Suppression blankets can be very helpful IF when
  made of the right fabric hung properly.

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Clothing Elements (cont.)

• Product turn-a-round, how long to wait for it?
• Fabric options FR Buffet
• Garment options
• Competitive pricing
• HELP who to contact when help is needed?

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Making good decisions is a crucial skill at
every level. Peter Drucker
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Work Zone Facts Stats

• Congestion on our roads is growing. Vehicle miles
  of travel are growing at a greater rate than
  miles of roadway.
• Between 1985 and 2006, vehicle miles traveled
  increased by nearly 100 percent, while highway
  lane miles only increased 5 percent during the
  same period.
• U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
  Highway Administration. Our Nations Highways
  2008, Publication No. FHWA-PL-08-021 Washington
  D.C., 2008.

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Work Zone Facts Stats (cont.)

• Work zone activity is significant
• An average of 23,745 miles of roadway had federal
  aid roadway improvement projects underway per
  year from 1997 to 2001.
• U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
  Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, 2001,
  Publication No. FHWA-PL-02-020. Washington D.C.,
  2001.

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Work Zone Facts Stats (cont.)

• Work zone activity is increasing. Many of our
  highways are approaching middle age and need
  repair, which means more work zones
• Much of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System
  of Interstate and Defense Highways is more than
  30 years old.
• U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
  Highway Administration, "Work Zones That Work,"
  Public Roads, November/December 2004.

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Work Zone Facts Stats (cont.)

• The majority of road work takes place on existing
  roads already carrying traffic
• In the year 2004, 79 percent of highway capital
  expenditures were allocated to system
  preservation (51.8 percent), expansion (18.3
  percent), and enhancement (9 percent), all
  improvements that involve active work zones on
  existing roads with traffic present.
• U.S. Department of Transportation, 2006 Status of
  the Nations Highways, Bridges, and Transit
  Conditions Performance, Report to Congress.
  Washington, D.C., 2006.

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Work Zone Facts Stats (cont.)

• Work zones cause delay, often on already
  congested roads
• Work zones on freeways are estimated to account
  for nearly 24 percent of non-recurring delay. A
  combination of recent studies indicate that
  approximately 50 percent of all highway
  congestion is attributed to non-recurring
  conditions, such as traffic incidents, weather,
  work zones, and special events.
• U.S. Department of Energy, Temporary Losses of
  Highway Capacity and Impacts on Performance, Oak
  Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL/TM-2002/3). May
  2002.

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Work Zone Facts Stats (cont.)

• Motorists and workers are increasingly exposed to
  work zones
• Motorists encountered an active work zone one out
  of every 100 miles driven on the NHS,
  representing over 12 billion hours of vehicle
  exposure to work zones during 2001. Motorists
  experienced a lane closure every 200 miles driven
  on the NHS in 2001, representing slightly more
  than 6 billion miles of vehicle travel through
  work zones nationally.
• U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
  Highway Administration, Characteristics of
  Today's Work Zones, presentation at TRB Annual
  Meeting by Gerald Ullman (Texas Transportation
  Institute) on preliminary study results.
  Washington, D.C., January 2004.

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Work Zone Facts Stats (cont.)

• Work zone safety continues to be a concern
• In 2008, 720 fatalities resulted from motor
  vehicle crashes in work zones. This is a 14
  percent decrease from 2007 (835 fatalities), 28
  percent decrease from 2006 (1,004 fatalities),
  and a 33 percent decrease from 2005 (1,074
  fatalities).
• National Work Zone Safety Information
  Clearinghouse Work Zone Fatalities,
  httpwww.workzonesafety.org/crash_data, based on
  information from National Highway Traffic Safety
  Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System
  (FARS).

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Work Zone Facts Stats (cont.) CAUTION!!!!

• Road users are frustrated with work zones
• A survey done in 2000 for FHWA identified several
  issues the public has with work zones
• 32 percent of the respondents indicted
  dissatisfaction with work zones, the second
  highest rate of dissatisfaction among the
  attributes of major highways.
• U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
  Highway Administration, Moving Ahead The
  American Public Speaks on Roadways and
  Transportation Communities. FHWA-OP-01-017.
  Washington, D.C., 2001.

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Work Zone Facts Stats (cont.)

• Night work is increasingly being used to manage
  work zone delay and reduce exposure of workers
  and motorists
• 53 percent of work zones are designated as day
  work, 22 percent as night work, and 18 percent
  are active all day or nearly all day (18 or more
  hours).
• U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
  Highway Administration, A Snapshot of Peak Summer
  Work Zone Activity Reported on State Road Closure
  and Construction Websites. Washington, D.C.,
  August 2002.

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Work Zone Facts Stats (cont.)

• Night work is increasingly being used to manage
  work zone delay and reduce exposure of workers
  and motorists
• 53 percent of work zones are designated as day
  work, 22 percent as night work, and 18 percent
  are active all day or nearly all day (18 or more
  hours).
• U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
  Highway Administration, A Snapshot of Peak Summer
  Work Zone Activity Reported on State Road Closure
  and Construction Websites. Washington, D.C.,
  August 2002.

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Work Zone Facts Stats (cont.)

• Color blindness, or Colour blindness, a color
  vision deficiency, is the inability to perceive
  differences between some of the colors that
  others can distinguish. It is most often of
  genetic nature, but may also occur because of
  eye, nerve, or brain damage, or due to exposure
  to certain chemicals.
• 1 in 12 people have some sort of color
  deficiency.
• About 8 of men and 0.4 of women in the US.
• Wikipedia

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A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what
ships are built for. John A. Shedd
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ANSI/ISEA 107-2004

• Scope
• Purpose
• Definitions
• Design
• Component Colors
• Garment Classes
• Care Labeling
• Specific Marking

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Scope

• Its about people!
• Its about keep people SAFE!
• Prior to 1st publishing in 1999 (MN first state
  to adopt standard) no regulation or specific
  guideline for the design performance of
  materials for high visibility safety apparel in
  the U.S.

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Purpose

• In 2003s edition it specified requirements for
  use of high visibility apparel compliant with
  ASNI/ISEA 107 by both flaggers and other roadway
  workers
• NOW the focus is on visibility from the WORKERs
  as well as the DRIVERs perspective

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Definitions

• Background material
• Colored fluorescent material intended to be
  highly conspicuous, but not intended to comply
  with the requirements of this standard for retro
  reflective material.

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Definitions (cont.)

• Retro reflective material
• Material that is a retro reflector and is either
• 1) not intended to comply with the requirements
  of the standard for background material
• 2) is a combined-performance, retro reflective
  material.

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Definitions (cont.)

• Retro Reflection Technology
• Known as retro reflection, helps the eye perceive
  light during nighttime and low-light conditions. 
  
• Retro reflection occurs when light rays are
  returned directly to the original light source,
  such as car headlights. 
• Because little light is scattered when the light
  is returned, retro reflective materials appear
  brightest to motorists and vehicle operators. 

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Definitions (cont.)

• Combined-performance material
• A retro reflective material that is also a
  fluorescent material.
• Combined-performance materials can be counted
  toward the minimum area requirements for
  background material specified in Table 1 of the
  Standard.

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Definitions (cont.)

• Compliance The 3 materials are to be certified
  to the performance requirements in the standard.
  
• Manufacturers of the finished garment must make
  documentation available to verify that components
  used to make high-visibility garments meet the
  requirements of the standard.

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Definitions (cont.)

• Certify (finished item)
• To provide documentation from either an
  independent third-party laboratory or
• To self-certify through the use of the Apparel
  and Headwear Compliance Certificate (Appendix D6)

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Definitions (cont.)

• Enhanced visibility
• Is the ability to be better seen at distances,
  helping equipment operators and motorists to see,
  recognize, and respond to the presence of a
  worker.
• There are varying degrees to which the visibility
  of a garment can be enhanced.
• Ensuring that reflective material is present on
  the front, back, and sides of a garment for
  360-degree visibility.

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Definitions (cont.)

• High visibility
• Is a term used to describe safety garments that
  use both fluorescent fabrics and retro reflective
  trims according to ANSI.

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Design Guidelines

• Specifies minimum amounts of
• component materials
• colors
• placement to enhance the visibility of workers.
• Selection components should be based upon what is
  appropriate for the hazard and with the safety of
  the worker in mind.

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Component Colors

• Three different colors for background and
  combination-performance materials!!!
• Florescent yellow-green
• Florescent orange-red
• Florescent red

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Garment Classes

• Classes state the minimal amount of background
  and retro reflective material placement of
  retro reflective material needed as well as
  technical garment design.
• Class 1
• Class 2
• Class 3
• Class E

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Class 1 2

• Garments that cover the torso
• T-shirts
• Safety Vests

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Class 3

• Garments that cover provides full range of body
  movement
• Ensembles
• T-shirts w/pant
• Safety Vests w/pant
• Outerwear
• Rainwear

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Class E

• Ensemble parts
• Applies to trousers and shorts that creates a
  high-vis ensemble.
• When Class E bottoms are worn with a Class 2 or 3
  garment, the overall classification is Class 3. 
• Trousers
• Shorts

Applies to trousers and shorts that creates a
High-Vis ensemble.  When Class E bottoms are worn
with a Class 2 or 3 garment, the overall
classification is Class 3. 
Applies to trousers and shorts that creates a
High-Vis ensemble.  When Class E bottoms are worn
with a Class 2 or 3 garment, the overall
classification is Class 3. 
Applies to trousers and shorts that creates a
High-Vis ensemble.  When Class E bottoms are worn
with a Class 2 or 3 garment, the overall
classification is Class 3. 
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Care Label

• Once all materials have been tested against
  performance requirements and certificates of
  compliance from a third party testing laboratory
  have been issued, apparel manufacturers then
  assemble garments according to the design
  guidelines in the standard for the appropriate
  class garment.

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Care Label (cont.)

• Only after all the materials performance and
  design requirements have been met, can a garment
  be labeled ANSI/ISEA 107-2004 compliant.

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Specific Marking/Labeling

• Name, trademark, or other means of identifying
  the manufacturer or authorized representative.
• Designation of the product type, commercial name
  or code.
• Size designation.
• of specific ASNI/ISEA standard (ANSI/ISEA
  107-2004).
• Pictogram showing the garment Class Level of
  performance for the retro reflective material.
• Care labeling with FTC symbols and maximum cycles
  for cleaning process.
• Instructions for use (if applicable).

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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have
died Erma Bombeck
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MN Administrative Rules

• 5207.0100 HIGH VISIBILITY PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
  EQUIPMENT.
• Subpart 1.
• General requirement.
• Each employee exposed to or working adjacent to
  moving motor vehicles as part of the employee's
  assigned job shall be provided with and required
  to wear a high visibility warning vest or other
  high visibility garment. A high visibility
  garment is defined as being a Performance Class 2
  garment or greater as specified by ANSI/ISEA
  Standard 107-2004. Some smaller garments may not
  meet the background material specifications for
  Performance Class 2 as defined in ANSI/ISEA
  107-2004. In these cases, the garment must be
  rated by the manufacturer as greater than or
  exceeding Performance Class 1 requirements.

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MN Administrative Rules

• Subp. 2.
• Maintenance of garments.
• If the high visibility personal protective
  equipment becomes faded, torn, dirty, worn, or
  defaced, reducing the equipment's performance
  below the manufacturer's recommendations, the
  high visibility personal protective equipment
  shall be immediately removed from service and
  replaced.
• Subp. 3.
• Exception.
• Where permanent or semipermanent barricades
  designed to stop or deflect vehicular traffic
  upon impact are in place to protect employees
  from moving motor vehicles, employees are not
  required to wear high visibility personal
  protective equipment while working inside these
  protected areas.

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MN Administrative Rules

• Subp. 4.
• Electrical work.
• For work within the flash protection boundary as
  defined by NFPA 70E Part II 2-1.3.3.2, high
  visibility garments constructed of material that
  complies with NFPA 70E shall be worn.
• Subp. 5.
• Repealed, 31 SR 517
• Statutory Authority
• MS s 182.655
• History
• 12 SR 634 25 SR 1241 31 SR 517
• Posted
• June 11, 2008

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Final Rule

• Temporary Traffic Control Devices was published
  in the Federal Register (72 FR 68480) on December
  5, 2007 with an effective date of December 4,
  2008.
• This Rule supplements FHWA's regulation that
  governs work zone safety and mobility in highway
  and street work zones to include conditions for
  the appropriate use of, and expenditure of funds
  for, uniformed law enforcement officers, positive
  protective measures between workers and motorized
  traffic, and installation and maintenance of
  temporary traffic control devices during
  construction, utility, and maintenance operations.

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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the
ability to discover ability in others is the true
test. Lou Holtz, football coach
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Summary

• Whos who?
• Regulations, Standards, Codes
• Definitions
• Clothing Elements
• Work Zone Facts Stats
• ASNI Standard Hi-Vis Clothing

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Questions?

• Karyn Davis
• Industrial Safety / Sales Manager
• Direct 612.720.5857
• Email karyn.davis_at_walls.com