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WIRELESS BACK-UP CAMERA

SPAL Wireless Rear Vision Eliminates Cabling Rear vision cameras are a great idea for hauling trailers, cargo, equipment and other vehicles. Now you can get a kit that converts your rear vision cameras and monitors to a wireless mode. The SPAL USA RX-TX/W01 Wireless Video Signal Kit, when used in conjunction with the company’s Multivision […]

May 10, 2010

Caltrans honors 174 on-the-job fallen workers

Today, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) remembered 174 employees who were killed on the job, including two who died this past year. Donald Lichliter, a tree maintenance worker for more than 27 years, was struck by a car and killed in Lodi in July 2009, and Deborah Ross, a tollbooth operator for the past […]

April 29, 2010

Volvo launches Operator Safety Vest campaign at Bauma

Volvo Construction Equipment launched at this year’s Bauma its latest safety campaign — Operator Safety Vest — in a bid to reduce worksite injuries at this year’s Bauma. The conference is currently going on in Munich, Germany. Through the campaign, the company issued thousands of Volvo-branded high-visibility jackets at Bauma that will be worn globally […]

April 27, 2010

Ditch Witch launches new safety program

The Ditch Witch organization has launched Ditch Witch Safe, a new safety program designed to provide timely, substantive safety information for crews working on jobsites on a daily basis. At the heart of the program is a library of “Safety Matters” training and information sheets. Available in both Spanish and English, Safety Matters sheets can […]

April 16, 2010

NHTSA Awards recognize efforts to make roadways safer

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) presented awards on April 12 that honored 19 individuals and one organization for exemplary achievements in promoting highway safety. One of the 19, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, was given the Safety Champion award for his extraordinary efforts in reducing alcohol-impaired driving throughout his tenure as governor. The […]

April 16, 2010

Illinois aggregate producers given safety awards

Illinois aggregate producers received safety awards during the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), Office of Mines and Minerals/Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Thaw State Grants Safety Conference at Starved Rock State Park in Utica, Ill. IDNR started recognizing the safety efforts of the state’s aggregate industry whose operations have achieved the fewest lost-time […]

March 29, 2010

TIRE PRESSURE & VEHICLE SAFETY

Under-inflated tires also give fuel economy a hit; for every 1psi all four tires are under-inflated, there’s a .4-percent drop in fuel economy. So, driving around with tires under-inflated by 8psi is cutting your vehicle’s gas mileage by more than three percent…

March 21, 2010

New ASTM standard proposed for RAP highways base, sub-base

A new ASTM standard is being proposed for recycled asphalt pavement materials for base and sub-base for highways and airports. The proposed standard (WK26824) — New Specification for Standard Specifications for Recycled Asphalt Pavement Materials for Base or Subbase for Highway or Airports — which is currently in draft form, covers recycled asphalt pavement (RAP), […]

February 24, 2010

High Visibility: Editors put safety garments to the test at 3M test track

by Tina Grady Barbaccia The visibility of highway workers’ garments — or lack thereof — was put to the test as four cars of editors, including Better Roads, drove around 3M’s test track at dusk and after dark and were given the task of identifying four people on the roadside. The test track had several […]

February 1, 2010

Crash mapping tool now has ‘hot zones’

The Center for Excellence in Rural Safety has released an update to SafeRoadMaps.org, a mapping tool that identifies dangerous stretches of roadway. The enhanced version features “hot zones” — the top 100 rural areas that have experienced the most fatalities in the past five years.

January 15, 2010

OSHA to watch stimulus-funded jobsites more closely

At least that’s what the St. Louis office of OSHA says it’s going to do in eastern Missouri.

January 15, 2010

Helpful hints on keeping cool

The last thing you need in the busy season is to have somebody on your crew stroke out because of the heat. OSHA has this helpful bulletin on how to keep your cool when the temps soar. On a related subject, dehydration, I noticed that Gatorade has changed its formula. It now uses high-fructose corn syrup, […]

January 15, 2010

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