Announcing Roadway Safety +: FHWA Work-Zone Training & Guidelines Development Grant
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Announcing Roadway Safety: FHWA Work-Zone Training & Guidelines Development Grant
January 30, 2007
San Antonio, Texas
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- Texas Transportation Institute
- Gerald 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)
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Grant Overview
- Funding
- $4 Million – commenced Oct. 16, 2006
- Obligated amount (yrs 1&2) – $2,132,703
- Option years’ amount (3&4) – $1,985,141
- Cost Share – $525,907 (yrs 1/2) $503,669 (yrs 3/4)
- Focus on Areas 1, 2, and 3
- Highway W-Z Worker Safety Training
- Highway W-Z Safety Guidelines Development
- Highway W-Z Safety Guidelines Training
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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
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14 Current Topics
- Driving
- Electrical Hazards
- Emergencies
- Excavations
- Falls
- Flagging Hazards
- Health Hazards
- Night Work
- Noise
- Operator Hazards
- Working Outdoors
- Sprains and Strains
- Runovers and Backovers
- Struck By
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Presentation Media
- Macromedia CD
- 32-page Trainee Booklet
- Toolbox Pamphlets
- 14x20 Color Flip Books
- 42-page Instructor Guide
The complete program comes on CD and free web download.
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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.
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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
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4 New Topics
- Temporary Traffic Control
- Expanded Night Work Module
- ITS Applications
- Disaster Response
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Progress Report – October to Dec. 2006
- Area 1
- Reviewed materials to assess 508 compliance
- Developed list of typical application to be added to program in first year
- Purchased audience response system equip. to be used during evaluations
- Developed Grant Operation Manual to help document and track grant activities and expenses.
- Discussed survey of AASHTO members to collect information on the program and prerform outreach.
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Progress Report – October to Dec. 2006
- Area 2
- Reviewed existing materials/developed outline on new module – Night Work
- Added 70% narration to the current program
- Area 3
- Laborers-AGC identified 16 training centers to conduct training under grant.
- Course will be tracked through Laborers-AGC’s online system.
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Progress Report – October to Dec. 2006
Future Presentation Opportunities - 2007
- TRB Mtg. – January
- MidWest Region LHSF Work-Zone Conference – Feb 6-7
- NAPA Annual Conference – Feb 18-21
- Chicagoland Construction Safety Conference – Feb 14
- Laborers’ Trifund Conference – March 6
- World of Asphalt – March 19-22
- New Jersey Laborers’ Work-Zone Conference – April 4
- New England Laborers’ Training Fund WZ Conference – April
- ARTBA WZ Conference – October 10-12
