FHWA WorkZone Training

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FHWA Work-Zone Training Guidelines Development
Grant

• May 4, 2007
• SCOH Technical Meeting

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• Laborers Health Safety Fund of North America
  (LHSFNA)
• Scott Scheider (202-628-5465)
• American Road Transportation Builders
  Association (ARTBA)
• Brad Sant (202-289-4434 X308)
• National Asphalt Pavement Assoc. (NAPA)
• Una Connolly (301-731-4748 X126)

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• Operating Engineers International Union
• Emmett Russell (202-778-2672)
• James E. Bryden, PE
• 518-439-2378
• Laborers-AGC Education Training Fund
• John Le Conche (860-974-0800)

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EPCRA/SARA Title III

• New York Health Safety Fund
• Jim Melius (518-449-1715)
• American Assoc. of State Highway Transportation
  Officials (AASHTO)
• Ken Kobetsky (202-624-5454)
• CNA Insurance Company
• Todd Hohn (312-822-5309

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EPCRA/SARA Title III

• Texas Transportation Institute
• Jerry L. Ullman (979-845-9908)
• FOF Communications
• Rod Wolford (202-667-6048)
• National Institute of Occupational Safety and
  Health (Associate Member)
• David Fosbroke (304-285-6010) def2_at_cdc.gov

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EPCRA/SARA Title III

• Grant Overview
• Highway W-Z Worker Safety Training
• Highway W-Z Safety Guidelines Development
• Highway W-Z Safety Guidelines Training

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Design

• 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

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14 Current Topics
Driving Electrical Hazards Emergencies
Excavations Falls Flagging Hazards Health
Hazards Night Work Noise Operator Hazards
Working Outdoors Sprains Strains Runovers
and Backovers Struck By
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Presentation Media

• Macromedia CD
• 32-page Trainee Booklet
• Toolbox Pamphlets
• 14x20 Color Flip Books
• 42-page Instructor Guide

The complete program comes on CD and free web
download.
http//wzsafety.tamu.edu
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Multi-Lingual

• 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.

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Demonstrations

• 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

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• Temporary Traffic Control
• Expanded Night Work Module
• ITC-Internal traffic Control
• Disaster Response

4 New Topics
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The NEW Work Zone Safety Information
Clearinghouse!
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Work Zone Clearinghouse

• Primary tasks
• 1. Update website infrastructure (hardware
  software)
• 2. Update and expand content
• 3. Maintain Clearinghouse research and
  operations
• 4. Collect, develop and disseminate work zone
  safety information

• 5. Develop and conduct educational and training
  programs
• 6. Develop and conduct outreach and marketing
  activities
• 7. Evaluate, track and report on Clearinghouse
  progress and success
• 8. Work with FHWA to gather and disseminate work
  zone safety materials and statistics

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It is the . . .

• Worlds largest cyber-library of information on
  road construction safety
• Best practices
• Laws and regulations
• Public awareness campaigns
• Work zone products

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They offer . . .

• Training educational materials
• Accident fatality data
• Over 100,000 users each year
• Free, customized research
• www. Workzonesafety.org

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American Road Transportation Builders
Association 1219 28th St. NW Washington, D.C.
20007 Bob Laramore, PHR, CPEA blaramore_at_artba.org
[phone]