FHWA Work-Zone Training & Guidelines Development Grant June 20, 2007 Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Laborer’s Health & Safety Fund of North America (LHSFNA) –Scott Schneider ( ) American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) –Brad Sant ( X308) National Asphalt Pavement Assoc. (NAPA) –Una Connolly ( X126)
Operating Engineers International Union –Emmett Russell ( ) James E. Bryden, PE – Laborers-AGC Education & Training Fund –John Le Conche ( )
EPCRA/SARA Title III New York Health & Safety Fund –Jim Melius ( ) American Assoc. of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) –Ken Kobetsky ( ) CNA Insurance Company –Todd Hohn (
EPCRA/SARA Title III Texas Transportation Institute –Gerald L. Ullman ( ) FOF Communications –Rod Wolford ( ) National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Associate Member) –David Fosbroke ( )
Use for Orientation or Refresher Training Focus on Common Hazards, Conditions, and Injuries Develop in Modules Used for ‘Tool-Box’ Sessions or Formal Training Evaluate formative, process, and outcome measures Design
14 Current Topics Driving Driving Electrical Hazards Electrical Hazards Emergencies Emergencies Excavations Excavations Falls Falls Flagging Hazards Flagging HazardsFlagging HazardsFlagging Hazards Health Hazards Health Hazards Night Work Night WorkNight WorkNight Work Noise Noise Operator Hazards Operator Hazards Working Outdoors Working OutdoorsWorking OutdoorsWorking Outdoors Sprains & Strains Sprains & StrainsSprains & StrainsSprains & Strains Runovers and Backovers Runovers and Backovers Struck By Struck ByStruck ByStruck By
Presentation Media The complete program comes on CD and free web download. Macromedia CD 32-page Trainee Booklet Toolbox Pamphlets 14x20 Color Flip Books 42-page Instructor Guide
English Spanish Portuguese Audio files “speak” the slides so a bilingual instructor is not necessary. Presenter can switch instantly among English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Most print products come in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Multi-Lingual
Interactive presentation contains 8 demos: Stopping Distances Electrical Contacts Equipment Blind Spots Placement of TTC Devices Struck-by & Flying Objects Noise Night visibility Trenching Heat Stress Lifting Demonstrations
Temporary Traffic Control Expanded Night Work Module ITS Applications Disaster Response 4 New Topics + +
Progress – Two Parts Survey of AASHTO Members on most needed Typical Application Training Portable Changeable Message Sign Guidance ITS integration into Work Zones
Progress – Two Parts Night Work Runovers and Backovers Disaster Response Deployment and Retrieval of TTCDs
Work Zone Clearinghouse Site for all FHWA Grantee Work –ARTBA/LHSFNA and Partners –ATSSA –Illinois Institute of Technology –Kent State University National Traffic Management and Work Zone Safety Conference –Fort Lauderdale, Florida – October 9-12
Work Zone Clearinghouse
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