49 C.F.R. § 399.201
Purpose and scope
This subpart prescribes step, handhold, and deck requirements on commercial motor vehicles. These requirements are intended to enhance the safety of motor carrier employees.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1991–2018 · leading case: Bean v. CSX Transp., 289 F. Supp. 2d 277 (N.D.N.Y. 2003).
Bean v. CSX Transp., 289 F. Supp. 2d 277 (N.D.N.Y. 2003). “MacFarland, a motor carrier safety consultant, the boom truck ladder complied with the USDOT safety standards for ladders contained in 49 C.”
Hernandez v. Grando's LLC, 429 P.3d 1259 (N.M. Ct. App. 2018). “§ 31502 (b)(1) (2012) (authorizing Secretary of Transportation to prescribe requirements for safety of equipment of a motor carrier); 49 C.F.R. §§ 399.201 , .211 (2017) (implementing § 31502(b)(1) and requiring adequate maintenance of all steps on commercial motor vehicles to…”
White v. Penske Truck Leasing Corp., 256 F. Supp. 2d 440 (M.D.N.C. 2003). “Plaintiff asserts that Defendants were negligent because they failed to have the truck-tractor equipped with back-deck handholds, failed to have the truck-tractor properly equipped with back-deck steps, and failed to properly maintain steps on the back-deck of the truck-tractor…”
Bean v. CSX Transp., Inc., 111 F. App'x 636 (2d Cir. 2004). “As to liability, the chief issue raised on appeal by CSX is whether the United States Department of Transportation [“US-DOT”] regulations codified at 49 C.F.R. § 399.201 et seq., preempt the Occupational Safety and Health regulations codified at 29 C.”
Cook v. Navistar Int'l Transp. Corp., 940 F.2d 207 (7th Cir. 1991). “” 49 C.F.R. §§ 399.201 & 399.203. Had the regulations been in effect at the time Navistar manufactured the climbing system on Cook’s truck in 1981, the system would have been unlawful.”
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