{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-6-27.1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-6-27.1","heading":"Maintenance of way employees in area of double or multiple tracks.","body":"Whenever maintenance of way crews or employees are working in the area of double or multiple railroad tracks, the following safety precautions shall be mandatory:\n(1) All trains shall be notified of the location of the crews or employees by mile markers or mile posts by train order.\n(2) All trains operating adjacent to such a work area shall reduce speed to freight train speed, not to exceed fifty miles per hour (50 m.p.h.).\n(3) One member of the crew shall be assigned as a flagperson to warn of approaching trains and shall be equipped with a radio, horn, and flag.\n(4) No work shall be conducted and all employees shall stand clear while a train is approaching, passing, and clearing a work area.\n(5) Failure by the railroad company to issue information by train order, which results in any violation of the above requirements, will subject the railroad company to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation. The fine will be collected by the public utilities commission and remitted to the general fund of the state.","path":["Title 39 Public Utilities and Carriers","Chapter 6 Railroad Companies"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE39/39-6/39-6-27.1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:15Z","sha256":"3c32a52f0bd794916da2df715ec79b25142e550f353f146ef5a0861f2dd9910a","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-6-27","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-6-27.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}