A Report on Questionnaire Survey on Highway Work Zone Safety Audits
APPENDIX A: FHWA Grant DTFH61-06-G-00005: Highway Work Zone Safety Audit Guidelines Development and Training Questionnaire Survey on Highway Work Zone Safety Audits
PURPOSE OF THIS QUESTIONNAIRE
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a grant (Award No. DTFH61-06-G-00005) to a joint research team comprised of Illinois Institute of Technology, Illinois Department of Transportation, and Utah LTAP Center to develop the national highway work zone safety audit guidelines, prepare guidelines training materials, and conduct training across the country. This questionnaire survey is intended to help the research team recommend strategies and methodologies for developing the audit guidelines and conducting work zone safety audits.
Please email, fax, or mail the completed survey form by July 31, 2007 to:
Jonathan Shi, Ph.D., P.E., Professor
Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology
3201 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 567-3630
Fax: (312) 567-3519
E-mail: shi@iit.edu
or
Zongzhi Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology
3201 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 567-3556
Fax: (312) 567-3519
E-mail: lizz@iit.edu
Please spend your valuable time to complete this questionnaire. Your input is very important to make our WORK ZONES safer for all of us.
YOUR GENERAL INFORMATION (OPTIONAL)
Name: _______________________________________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________________________
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Phone: _______________________________________________________________________
Fax: _______________________________________________________________________
E-mail: _______________________________________________________________________
YOUR EMPLOYER
__ Federal agency
__ State transportation agency
__ Local government agency
__ Private consultant
__ General contractor
__ University/research institution
__ Other (please specify) ____________________________________________________
- Please check the leading causes of highway work zone safety problems from your experience.
__ Inadequate pre-construction planning
__ Long project construction duration
__ Inadequate work zone setup
__ Lack of positive separation between work activity areas and the traveled way
__ Inadequate/inefficient temporary traffic controls
__ Malfunctioning and lack of maintenance of traffic control devices
__ Lack of work zone information disseminated to the traveling public
__ Deficient work zone speed enforcement (such as lacking police patrol, photo enforcement, etc.)
__ Lack of work zone safety outreach and education to road users
__ Insufficient work zone safety training to work zone participants
__ Inadequate implementation of/compliance with traffic and construction safety rules and regulations
__ Other (please specify) _____________________________________________________ - Please check the effective measures for improving work zone safety from your opinion.
__ Public outreach and education on work zone safety issues
__ Corridor/network level project planning to minimize the impact of road work
__ Innovative materials and design to extend facility service lives
__ Innovative contracting methods to reduce construction duration
__ Innovative construction methods to minimize traffic disruption during construction
__ Increase the use of nighttime construction
__ Periodic work zone safety review/inspection
__ Disseminate accurate lane closure and delay information to road users, both pre-trip and en-route
__ Other (please specify) ____________________________________________________ - Please check the types of projects suitable for highway work zone safety audits and desirable audit frequencies.
Project Scale Check if Sutiable Audit Frequency if Suitable for Auditing Once a Year One Time only Perform as Needed Other (please specify) Major reconstruction project Minor preservation project Minimal maintenance project - Please check the appropriate project delivery stage(s) to perform highway work zone safety audits.
__ Planning stage
__ Programming stage
__ Design and contracting stage
__ Construction stage
__ Post-construction stage (to examine the effectiveness of implemented measures) - Please check the entity that should lead highway work zone safety audits.
__ Federal Highway Administration
__ State transportation agencies
__ Independent entities
__ Partnership of the project owner, project owner’s consultant, and contractor
__ Other (please specify) __________________________________________________ - Please check appropriate composition of a highway work zone safety audit team members:
__ Federal agencies (FHWA, NHTSA, FMCSA, OSHA, etc.)
__ State transportation agencies
__ Local governments
__ Law enforcement
__ Independent consultants
__ Highway contractors
__ Road users (commuters and truckers)
__ Representatives of project affected communities
__ Representatives of auto insurance agencies
__ Representatives of construction industry insurance agencies
__ Other (please specify) ___________________________________________________
NHTSA- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration;
FMCSA- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration;
OSHA- Occupational Safety and Health Administration. - How should highway work zone safety audits be funded?
__ Federal Highway Administration
__ State transportation agencies
__ The budget for each project
__ Other ________________________________________________________________ - Please check expected key tasks of highway work zone safety audits.
__ Familiarize project basic infomration
__ Review project geometric design, construction plans, and transportation management plans
__ Review crash data/reports
__ Review project owner’s work zone safety programs
__ Review contractor’s work zone safety programs
__ Check the training profile of work zone participants
__ Drive through the work zone to check the implementation of temporary traffic devices and work zone setup
__ Drive through the construction site to check the configuration of activity area
__ Drive through the construction site to observe construction workers’ working behavior
__ Drive through the work zone to experience road users’ driving behavior
__ Interview project owner’s project safety manager and inspectors
__ Interview contractor’s project safety supervisor, inspectors, and workers
__ Meet with managers of the project owner and contractor to discuss audit findings
__ Other (please specify) __________________________________________________ - Please check the most appropriate approach to summarize audit findings.
__ A witten summary to documnt good practices and identify areas for safety improvments
__ An overall score to qualitatively rate the work zone safety level for each project
__ Combination of written summary and scoring methods - Please check tools that could help accomplish highway work zone safety audits.
__ A hardcopy audit item checklist
__ A computer-based prompt list that can be customized to specific work zone conditions
__ An interactive computer tool that allows entering audit findings
__ Other (please specify) __________________________________________________ - Should work zone safety audits consider construction worker safety inside the construction area?
__ Yes
__ No
If “Yes”, please continue on the following:
Should construction worker safety audit review contractor’s worker safety training records?
__ Yes
__ No
Should construction worker safety audit review contractor’s safety inspection records?
__ Yes
__ No - Should the contractor submit its worker injury data to the project owner on regular basis (e.g., weekly)?
__ Yes
__ No - Please check following project personnel who need to receive safety training.
__ Project owner’s representatives
__ Project owner’s consultants
__ Contractor’s project managers
__ Construction workers
__ Other (please specify) _________________________________________________ - Additional comments for improving work zone safety:
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Last modified: 2/18/2008
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