What to Wear

HIGH-VISIBILITY SAFETY APPAREL (2003 MUTCD, Section 6E.02)

For daytime and nighttime activity, flaggers shall wear safety apparel meeting the requirements of

ISEA “American National Standard for High-Visibility Apparel” (see Section 1A.11) and labeled as

meeting the ANSI 107-1999 standard performance for Class 2 risk exposure. The apparel background (outer) material color shall be either fluorescent orange-red or fluorescent yellow-green as defined in the standard. The retroreflective material shall be either orange, yellow, white, silver, yellow-green, or a fluorescent version of these colors, and shall be visible at a minimum distance of 300 m (1,000 ft). The retroreflective safety apparel shall be designed to clearly identify the wearer as a person.

For nighttime activity, safety apparel meeting the requirements of ISEA “American National Standard for High-Visibility Apparel” (see Section 1A.11) and labeled as meeting the ANSI 107-1999 standard performance for Class 3 risk exposure should be considered for flagger wear (instead of the Class 2 safety apparel noted above).

When uniformed law enforcement officers are used, high-visibility safety apparel as described in this Section should be worn by the law enforcement officer .

Source: FHWA's 2003 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)