[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 8]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1926.203]

[Page 212]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1926_SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart G_Signs, Signals, and Barricades
 
Sec. 1926.203  Definitions applicable to this subpart.

    (a) Barricade means an obstruction to deter the passage of persons 
or vehicles.
    (b) Signs are the warnings of hazard, temporarily or permanently 
affixed or placed, at locations where hazards exist.
    (c) Signals are moving signs, provided by workers, such as flaggers, 
or by devices, such as flashing lights, to warn of possible or existing 
hazards.
    (d) Tags are temporary signs, usually attached to a piece of 
equipment or part of a structure, to warn of existing or immediate 
hazards.

[44 FR 8577, Feb. 9, 1979; 44 FR 20940, Apr. 6, 1979, as amended at 67 
FR 57736, Sept. 12, 2002]