Tag: road worker safety

Roadbuilding

NAPA unveils new training, podcast and survey to aid asphalt industry

The National Asphalt Pavement Association has started out 2020 with three programs to help the asphalt road construction industry. The initiatives consist of a series of web-based work zone safety training modules, a podcast with interviews of industry leaders, and a survey to measure the use of in-place recycling technologies for pavements.   Training […]

March 4, 2020

Roadbuilding

Behind the Thin Orange Line: The mission to keep workers safe in work zones

The No. 1 killer of workers in road construction is struck-by accidents, according to federal statistics and industry experts. Those risks are coming at workers from both sides of the orange cones and barrels they work behind – from motorists crashing into the zone and from coworkers not following proper safety procedures. “We call the […]

October 21, 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

New NAPA chairman urges members to focus on safety, quality and following through

The Silver Star Construction crew from Moore, Oklahoma, was following all the safety rules on that spring morning as they paved. Distracted, the driver of a pickup truck bore down on the work zone at 50 miles per hour. The catastrophic accident that unfolded in the next few moments touched off a crusade for […]

February 14, 2018

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TRB publishes transportation worker safety videos

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) published a series of videos approximately one hour long that highlight a transportation worker safety analysis done by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, according to Safety & Health. We’ve embedded each of the three videos below, but you can also check out the whole series at this link. Faculty members from the […]

October 30, 2017

Roadbuilding

MDOT becomes first to mandate wet reflective paint and tape in work zones

To prevent crashes in work zones, the Michigan Department of Transportation and PK Contracting teamed up in 2015 to create wet reflective paints and tape that would alert drivers and protect workers. This year, the state became the first in the country to mandate their use. “Thirty-five percent of work zone crashes happen on rainy […]

September 28, 2017

Roadbuilding

Indiana’s Road Construction Awareness Corp. holds 2nd annual motorcycle ride

The Road Construction Awareness Corp.’s (RCAC) second annual Road Construction Awareness Charity Ride brought together more than 300 motorcycle and hot rod riders this past weekend in Indianapolis highlighting the importance of motorist awareness in work zones. The RCAC formed last year as a way to honor two workers from Rieth-Riley Construction Co. who were killed […]

August 4, 2015