FHWA Work-Zone Training & Guidelines Development Grant

1. FHWA Work-Zone Training & Guidelines Development Grant May 4, 2007 SCOH Technical Meeting

2. Laborer’s 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)

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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@cdc.gov

6. EPCRA/SARA Title III • Grant Overview • Highway W-Z Worker Safety Training • Highway W-Z Safety Guidelines Development • Highway W-Z Safety Guidelines Training

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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

12. + • Temporary Traffic Control • Expanded Night Work Module • ITC-Internal traffic Control • Disaster Response 4 New Topics

13. The NEW Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse!

14. 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

15. It is the . . . • World’s largest “cyber-library” of information on road construction safety: • Best practices • Laws and regulations • Public awareness campaigns • Work zone products

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

17. American Road & Transportation Builders Association 1219 28th St. NW Washington, D.C. 20007 Bob Laramore, PHR, CPEA blaramore@artba.org (202) 289-4434