Tag: work zone safety: Page 2

Roadbuilding

O&G Industries receives construction safety award

O&G Industries was awarded a 2018 CCIA Platinum Safety Award for their company-wide safety performance in 2018.

February 25, 2019

Safety

Cat unveils its first virtual-reality trainer, simulating worker’s first day on road paving crew

Cat has developed common scenarios that could possibly occur on a rural four-lane highway paving operation. Check it out here on Equipment World!

February 18, 2019

Roadbuilding

Outgoing NAPA chairman Parker tells of changes and a battle to keep market share

Outgoing NAPA chairman, Craig Parker, discusses changes in the association and importance of protecting and retaining market share. Learn more here.

January 29, 2019

Roadbuilding

Connected vehicle technology could curtail work zone crashes

Learn more from Equipment World about connected vehicle (CV) technology & how it can be used to reduce work-zone related crashes caused by distracted driving.

November 16, 2018

Roadbuilding

In national first, TxDOT helping employees become certified in work zone safety

Texas has helped hundreds of its employees earn the Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals. Get more details on Equipment World.

October 26, 2018

Roadbuilding

Four transportation companies honored for worker safety programs

Four transportation construction companies recognized by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association for their corporate worker safety programs.

October 15, 2018

Roadbuilding

As latest fatal work zone crash claims Ill. worker, Silver Star Construction turns to new technology to protect flaggers

Construction companies are brainstorming new ways to protect construction crews after the death of an employee working as a flagger. More on Equipment World.

September 18, 2018

Roadbuilding

One flagger killed, two others injured in violent work zone week for Ore. DOT

After the death of one flagger and injury of two more workers in less than a week, ODOT has released 7 helpful safety tips for traveling in work zones.

August 22, 2018

World of Concrete

Lane Construction, Superior Paving garner NAPA award for safety innovations

Learn more about Construction Corporation & Superior Paving Corporation, winners of NAPA's 2017 Asphalt Operations Safety Innovation Award, on Equipment World.

August 14, 2018

Roadbuilding

Iowa DOT testing audible warnings on attenuators to better protect road crews

The Iowa Department of Transportation is trying a new type of attenuator to protect workers & drivers in work zones, &, as the agency reports, so far, so good.

July 26, 2018

Roadbuilding

Work Zones Get Smart: Mobile, cheaper technologies making safety easier to achieve

A plethora of affordable intelligent traffic systems are making smart work-zone systems achievable for DOTs, which increases work-zone safety and more.

May 22, 2018

Roadbuilding

In annual memorial for highway workers killed on the job, Caltrans honors two lost in 2017

Caltrans recently paid tribute to two of its employees killed in 2017 during the agency’s 28th Annual Workers Memorial at the California State Capitol. Dignitaries, Caltrans employees, and family and friends paid special tribute to Si Si Han and Annette Brooks at this year’s memorial. Han was killed while collecting tolls at the Bay Bridge […]

May 10, 2018