49 CFR §218.23
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- (a)Blue signals displayed in accordance with § 218.25, 218.27, or 218.29 signify that workers are on, under, or between rolling equipment. When so displayed—
- (1)The equipment may not be coupled to;
- (2)The equipment may not be moved, except as provided for in § 218.29;
- (3)Other rolling equipment may not be placed on the same track so as to reduce or block the view of a blue signal, except as provided for in § 218.29 (a), (b) and (c); and
- (4)Rolling equipment may not pass a displayed blue signal.
- (b)Blue signals must be displayed in accordance with § 218.25, 218.27, or 218.29 by each craft or group of workers prior to their going on, under, or between rolling equipment and may only be removed by the same craft or group that displayed them.