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WORK ZONE SAFETY GRANTS

WORK ZONE SAFETY GRANTS. DR. MORRIS OLIVER February 21, 2007. Overview of the WZ Safety Grant Program. Sect 1409 SAFETEA-LU nonprofit and not-for-profit organizations to provide training to prevent and reduce work zone injuries and fatalities: Area 1. Construction worker training

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WORK ZONE SAFETY GRANTS

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  1. WORK ZONE SAFETY GRANTS DR. MORRIS OLIVER February 21, 2007

  2. Overview of the WZ Safety Grant Program • Sect 1409 SAFETEA-LU nonprofit and not-for-profit organizations to provide training to prevent and reduce work zone injuries and fatalities: • Area 1. Construction worker training • Area 2. Guideline development • Area 3. Guideline training for State and local governments, transportation agencies, and other groups. • 4 years and subject to the Federal-aid highway obligation limitation. The Federal share is 80%.

  3. AWARDEES • Laborer’s Health & Safety Fund/ARTBA • ATSSA • Wayne State University • Illinois Institute of Technology

  4. LABORER’S/ARTBA • Amount: $4M • Key Staff: Scott Schneider • Time: 2 years + 2 option years • Focus areas: 1, 2, and 3 • Multilingual, hands-on • Key areas –

  5. LABORER’S/ARTBA Key areas- • Struck by, night work • Sprains and strains • Hazards of Weather • Temporary Traffic Control • ITS Applications • Disaster Response • Interactive Presentation Demos

  6. ATSSA • Amount: $12M • Key Staff: Donna Clark • Time: 2 years + 2 option years • Focus areas: 1, 2, and 3 • Classroom • Key areas –

  7. ATSSA Key Areas: Area 1 • Flagger Instructor Training; Traffic Control Technician; Traffic Control Supervisor; Nighttime Traffic Control; Emergency Traffic Control; Law Enforcement Officer; Utility Traffic Control; and What Every Supervisor Should Know.

  8. ATSSA Area 2 (Guidelines- Gap and needs) • positive protection; • high-visibility garments; • additional areas TBD

  9. ATSSA Area 3 Training • Traffic Control Design Specialists; Urban Work Zone Design; • Work Zone Strategies; • Analytical Tools for Work Zone Planning; and • Pedestrian and Bicycle Considerations in Work Zones

  10. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY • Amount: $400K • Key Staff: Dr. Tapan Datta • Time: 2 years • Focus areas: 2 and 3 • Key area: Utility Work Zone Issues

  11. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY Key areas- • State-of-the-art/practice policy review • Gap study and needs assessment of existing utility wz guidelines and training. • Develop utility wz safety guidelines and a national level utility wz worker safety training program curriculum.

  12. ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY • Amount: $750K • Key Staff: Dr. Jonathan Shi, Z Li; Mark Snyder • Time: 2 years + 2 option years • Focus areas: 2 and 3 • Key area – Work Zone Safety Audits

  13. ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY • Audits qualitatively estimate potential road safety issues and identify improvement opportunities • Dan Ryan Reconstruction project - initial case study • Develop WZ Safety Audit Training Program

  14. Other WZ Grant Information:CLEARINGHOUSE • Sect 1410. National nonprofit foundation • Assembling and disseminating, electronically or otherwise wz information • Key Staff: Brad Sant (ARTBA), Jerry Ullman (TTI), Lisa McCluskey (program manager) • Time: 4 years • $3.5M • www.workzonesafety.org

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