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his interim Final rule

asope — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:50:39 -0500

his interim Final rule allows firefighters or other emergency responders working within the right-of-way of a Federal-aid highway and engaged in emergency operations that directly expose them to flame Essay

This rule supplements

asope — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:50:04 -0500

This rule supplements existing regulations that govern work zone safety and mobility in highway and street work zones to include conditions for the appropriate use of, and expenditure of Custom Essay

The regulations require

asope — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:48:39 -0500

The regulations require agencies to base their procedures and guidance regarding the use of longitudinal barriers and other positive protection devices on an engineering study Essay

Canada High Visibility Garments

daryl upton — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:45:43 -0500

Dependant on where in Canada you are working, there may be specific provincial or Occupational Health and Safety Regulations which apply to HV garments to be worn. The CSA Z 96 High Visibility Apparel sets the standard for garments. As part of the standard a risk assessment must be performed, giving consideration to the task being performed and the resultant risks. (CSA-Z96.1-08 Guideline on Selection Care and Use) For a TCP this often results in workers being provided either CSA Class 2 Level 2 garments or more often CSA Class 3 Level 2, the greatest level of protection the standard affords. If you still require specific information, fell free to contact me!

Do you know if these

jelep — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:41:35 -0500

Do you know if these regulations apply across all states, or are there additions/omitions for certain states?

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Great Q & A session. I hope

talkoflaw — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:04:00 -0500

Great Q & A session. I hope to see more of them in the future.

A lot of good information

Apex Professionals LLC — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:52:00 -0500

A lot of good information here. Nice to see it all collected in one place and presented in an easily understandable manner. Hopefully this will keep our workers safe!

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Canada

directtraffic — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:45:23 -0500

Do you know where I can find specific regulations for traffic control personnel in regards to safety apparel? Do you know the class numbers (class 2 or 3 for example) required for traffic control personnel in Canada?

Complying with the New FHWA Regulation on High Vis Garments

LMcCluskey — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:46:51 -0500

Sept. 4, the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse held a free informational session on the new FHWA regulation that takes effect November 24, 2008. This new standard requires the use of high visibility clothing (as defined by ANSI/ISEA 107 standard) when working in the right-of-way on federal-aid highways. Speakers were be Hari Kalla, MUTCD Team Leader for FHWA’s Office of Operations and Janice Bradley, Technical Director of the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA). We welcome your questions and feedback on this topic. The video of this webinar will be available on our sites video vault http://wzsafety.tamu.edu/video/webinars/upcoming_webinars

speed monitoring/enforcement

iconeproducts — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:57:11 -0500

I can only speak to my small area of work-zone safety. We, at iCone Products, came into being because of concerns at NYSDOT over the cost of using patrol cars to provide speed monitoring at all work-zones. There just aren't enough officers to cover a significant number of work-zones. NYSDOT backed us in creating the iCone, an autonomous speed monitor that can be tracked by the law enforcement dispatcher, just so that speed monitoring could be affordably provided at all WZ's. So far this looks like a good compromise that allows strategic use of the limited number of available patrol cars.

Webinar on FHWA Final Rule on Temp Traffic Control Devices

LMcCluskey — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:26:18 -0500

Understanding the New FHWA Final Rule on Temporary Traffic Control Devices (Subpart K- this presentation and video are now available on www.workzonesafety.org at http://wzsafety.tamu.edu/node/8802. On June 26 over 500 people viewed this informative webinar live. If you were unable to attend or would like to review the presentaton the video and slides are now available online for viewing at any time. We also encourage you to post your questions about this subject and comments about this webinar in this forum. Our presenter Mr. Eng and other safety experts will respond to your questions. We look forward to hearing from you.

Risk while placing cones

centreville — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:41:03 -0500

I'm not sure if we are free to speak in this forum, but if we are... There have been some major achievements made by companies (including ours) in developing machines to automate placement and pick up of traffic cones. This was done to eliminate the need for workers to be on the back of a truck while working with cones- arguably a dangerous job. We have found that there is no real standardization for cones vs barrels or channelizers as one travels from state to state, or even different processes within a state. Automation requires standards. For instance, using barrels to form a taper, then using cones for a straight line run would require two different types of machines, one for barrels, the other for cones. The end result is that an automatic machine that is much safer than using a human may be unuseable in a state merely because of the rules implemented by that state. Perhaps Federal (or state) standards can be made with automation in mind. Another challenge is to stadardize devices used in the road. It is not unusual to find numerous brands of 28" cones, all in compliance with the MUTCD, but the dimensions of the cone taper or base can vary quite a bit. This may wreak havoc in an automatic device. If we want to increase safety by removing as many workers from harms way, and to replace that risk with some type of machinery, standardization is a must.