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FHWA Work-Zone Training & Guidelines Development Grant

FHWA Work-Zone Training & Guidelines Development Grant. June 20, 2007 Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Laborer’s Health & Safety Fund of North America (LHSFNA) Scott Schneider (202-628-5465) schneider@lhsfna.org American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Brad Sant (202-289-4434 X308)

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FHWA Work-Zone Training & Guidelines Development Grant

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  1. FHWA Work-Zone Training & Guidelines Development Grant June 20, 2007 Lake Tahoe, Nevada

  2. Laborer’s Health & Safety Fund of North America (LHSFNA) • Scott Schneider (202-628-5465) • schneider@lhsfna.org • American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) • Brad Sant (202-289-4434 X308) • bsant@artba.org • National Asphalt Pavement Assoc. (NAPA) • Una Connolly (301-731-4748 X126) • uconnolly@hotmix.org

  3. Operating Engineers International Union • Emmett Russell (202-778-2672) • erussell@iuoe.org • James E. Bryden, PE • 518-439-2378 (jbryden@nycap.rr.com) • Laborers-AGC Education & Training Fund • John Le Conche (860-974-0800) • jleconche@laborers-agc.org

  4. EPCRA/SARA Title III • New York Health & Safety Fund • Jim Melius (518-449-1715) • melius@nysliuna.org • American Assoc. of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) • Ken Kobetsky (202-624-5454) • kenk@aashto.org • CNA Insurance Company • Todd Hohn (312-822-5309 • Todd.hohn@cna.com

  5. EPCRA/SARA Title III • Texas Transportation Institute • Gerald L. Ullman (979-845-9908) • G-ullman@tamu.edu • FOF Communications • Rod Wolford (202-667-6048) • fof@fofcom.com • National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Associate Member) • David Fosbroke (304-285-6010) def2@cdc.gov

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Presentation Media • MacromediaCD • 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

  9. 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.

  10. 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

  11. + • Temporary Traffic Control • Expanded Night Work Module • ITS Applications • Disaster Response 4 New Topics

  12. Progress – Two Parts • Survey of AASHTO Members on most needed Typical Application Training • Portable Changeable Message Sign Guidance • ITS integration into Work Zones

  13. Progress – Two Parts • Night Work • Runovers and Backovers • Disaster Response • Deployment and Retrieval of TTCDs

  14. 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

  15. Work Zone Clearinghouse

  16. THANK You!

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