Work Zone Safety

Work Zone Awareness Week Reminds Drivers to Slow Down

National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is an annual spring campaign held at the start of construction season encourages safe driving through highway work ...

Work Zone Safety - Traffic Safety Supply Company

Flagging Devices and Work Zone Controllers (7) · Beam Guardrail · Boundary Marker CBM-250 · Butterfly Delineator · Carsonite Road Marker CRM-375 · Channelizer ...

Work Zone Safety Data - Bureau of Transportation Statistics

a Occupants of a non-motor vehicle transport device and persons on personal conveyances. b The road construction location category was implemented in 1995.

Highway Work Zone Safety | NIOSH - CDC

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports fatal injuries to workers at road construction sites. From 2003-2020, 2,222 workers lost their lives at road construction ...

Work Zone Safety | NMDOT

“Work zone safety is a priority for NMDOT and the launch of our own safety mascot, Zippy, is just one of a variety of tools we're using to raise awareness about ...

10 Road Construction Work Zone Safety Tips - ConstructConnect

To avoid accidents, use cones, barrels, and barriers to clearly delineate specific areas of the work zone such as material storage, areas where heavy equipment ...

Work Zone Safety and Mobility and Temporary Traffic Control Devices

The FHWA proposes to amend its regulations that govern traffic safety and mobility in highway and street work zones.

The State of Work Zone Safety | HAAS Alert

Work zone fatalities have been on the rise in recent years. ATSSA has reported that roadway work zone fatalities jumped 11 percent between 2020 and 2021.

Why Work Zone Safety Is Important for Everyone | The Hartford Insights

Work zones can be dangerous because hazards often appear unexpectedly, endangering roadway workers and motorists.

Work Zone Safety and Mobility - MDOT SHA

MDOT SHA is continuously striving to improve safety and mobility in work zones. We do this by developing policies, standards and guidelines.

Everyone plays a role in work zone safety - ATSSA

Pay attention as you approach a roadway work zone, remove distractions and slow your vehicle. Getting safely through a work zone could save your ...

National Teen Driver Work Zone Safe Course

The National Teen Driver Work Zone Safe Course is 100% free and online. Teens learn to be confident, capable, and safe drivers in work zones.

DOL: Work Zone Safety - IN.gov

The Indiana Department of Labor is dedicated to advancing the health, safety and prosperity of Hoosiers in the workplace.

What can be done to make work zones safer? | Safety+Health

Encourage workers to put electronic devices on “Do not disturb” mode, silence them or turn them off. NSC has a safe driving pledge workers can ...

Construction zones are danger zones: Tips to keep workers, drivers ...

Experts say we need to take extra care to keep both drivers and construction workers safe. Speeding or distracted driving in a work zone can have serious ...

TEM Guidelines on Work Zone Safety - UNECE

Placing, maintaining and removing of temporary traffic control devices for work zones to ensure safe, efficient and effective movement of all road users and the ...

Work zone safety - Virginia Department of Transportation

The 2024 national campaign emphasizes that we all need to put the distractions away and focus on safety when traveling through a work zone. VDOT construction ...

State of the art in work zone safety: A systematic review

This research aims to identify the factors influencing the WZS, identify the established countermeasures, examine the effectiveness of countermeasures,

Work Zones - Motor Vehicle - Injury Facts - National Safety Council

Work zone crashes claimed the lives of 891 people and injured 37701 in 2022. Since 2010, work zone deaths have increased 52%.

Back to Basics: Highway Work Zone Safety - EHS Daily Advisor

Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know.