Hazards

Treating Potential “Back-of-Queue” Safety Hazards (module) (Training)

The purpose of this document is to highlight strategies that can help reduce the work zone congestion that increases back-of-queue crash risk. Studies have shown that rear-end crashes in the advance w… More

Treating Potential Back-of-Queue Safety Hazards (Publication)

Resource Type: Brochures and Fact Sheets

This fact sheet is designed to highlight common pitfalls in estimating potential impacts that can result from implementing a traffic control plan as well as strategies that can help reduce work zone c…More

Evaluating the Impact of Mental Fatigue on Construction Equipment Operators’ Ability to Detect Hazards Using Wearable Eye-Tracking Technology (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

Construction equipment related accidents, such as collisions between equipment and pedestrian workers, pose a major challenge to occupational safety at construction sites. Decrement of operators' haza…More

Technique for Identifying Hazards to Motor Vehicle and Pedestrian Safety at Urban Area Construction Projects (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

Frequently, there is a lack of safety provisions for pedestrians, motor vehicles and the general public in the vicinity of urban area construction activities. Research was conducted to develop a decis…More

Interactive Training for All-Hazards Emergency Planning, Preparation, and Response for Maintenance and Operations Field Personnel: A Synthesis of Highway Practice (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

This Synthesis identifies interactive emergency training tools and sources that may be applied by maintenance and operations field personnel of state departments of transportation and public works age…More

Measuring the Impacts of Safety Knowledge on Construction Workers’ Attentional Allocation and Hazard Detection Using Remote Eye-Tracking Technology (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

Although several studies have highlighted the importance of attention in reducing the number of injuries in the construction industry, few have attempted to empirically measure the attention of constr…More

Work Zone Hazard Assessment: Identifying and Maintaining the Work Zone Clear Zone (Training)

This podcast is derived from the ATSSA “Positive Protection Guidelines Training Module” and the FHWA Work Zone Safety Grant-sponsored “Traffic Control Design Specialist” training course. It ha… More

ARTBA Trenching and Excavation Awareness Level Training / AECCT Capacitación Sobre Excavación y Zanjas (Training)

This half-day training is a comprehensive training program developed to educate on the hazards found in trench and excavation work in the transportation construction industry. It is offered by the Ame… More

The Elimination or Mitigation of Hazards Associated With Pavement Edge Dropoffs During Roadway Resurfacing (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

Shoulders are used on U.S. highways as a safety feature. They are required to meet specifications for width and stability. However, roadways are often resurfaced and the shoulders are not brought up t…More

Design and Evaluation of a Connected Work Zone Hazard Detection and Communication System for Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

Roadside work zones (WZs) present imminent safety hazards for roadway workers as well as passing motorists. In 2016, 764 fatalities occurred in WZs in the United States due to motor vehicle traffic cr…More

Quick Card: Top Four Construction Hazards / Tarjeta Rápida: Los Cuatros Riesgos Principales de la Construcción (Publication)

Resource Type: Brochures and Fact Sheets

Brief description of the top four causes of construction fatalities: falls, struck by, caught in between, and electrocution, and steps to prevent a fatality. / Breve descripción de las cuatro causas …More

Roadway Safety+ Version 11.1: Toolbox Pamphlets and Trainee Booklets in English, Spanish, and Portuguese

Toolbox Pamphlets in English Toolbox Pamphlets in Spanish Toolbox Pamphlets in Portuguese Trainee Booklets in English Trainee Booklets in Spanish Trainee Booklets in Portuguese … More

Impacts of Fog Characteristics, Forward Illumination, and Warning Beacon Intensity Distribution on Roadway Hazard Visibility (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

Warning beacons are critical for the safety of transportation, construction, and utility workers. These devices need to produce sufficient luminous intensity to be visible without creating glare to dr…More

Safety Effects of Fluorescent Yellow Warning Signs at Hazardous Sites in Daylight (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

Yellow warning signs are an important and abundant type of traffic control device. Improving warning signs could be a cost-effective countermeasure at hazardous locations. The use of fluorescent yello…More

Evaluation of Work Crew and Highway Hazard Conspicuity (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

The report quantitatively addresses conspicuity of highway features, particulary in work zones, from the perspective of driver detection and driver decision making. The study focuses on evaluating the…More

Work Zone Hazard Assessment: Identifying and Maintaining the Work Zone Clear Zone

Podcast: Play (To download, right-click on the link and choose Save Target as … to save to your local drive.) Script: Hello and welcome to the American Traffic Safety Services Association's… More

Development of a Sensing Methodology for Intelligent and Reliable Work-Zone Hazard Awareness (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

This is the final report for NCHRP-IDEA Project 139: Development of a Sensing Methodology for Intelligent and Reliable Work-Zone Hazard Awareness. The project proposes a vision-based work zone hazard …More

Treating Potential “Back-of-Queue” Safety Hazards (module) (Training)

Effectiveness of Visual Warnings on Young Drivers Hazard Anticipation and Hazard Mitigation Abilities (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

Previous studies have demonstrated that young drivers fail both to scan for and mitigate latent hazards mostly due to their cluelessness. This study aims to investigate whether these skills could be i…More

Common Hazards and Their Mitigating Measures in Work Zones: A Qualitative Study of Worker Perceptions (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

Road construction and maintenance activities present challenges for ensuring the safety of workers and the traveling public alike. Hazards in work zones are typically studied using historical crash re…More

Analysis on Constructional Hazards, Risk Assessment Techniques and Safety Helmets in Construction Sites (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

The major hazards involved in the construction industries are falls, noise, dust, fire and electrocution. Noise and dust are the major uncontrollable hazards which leads to severe occupational ill hea…More

A Connected Work Zone Hazard Detection System for Highway Construction Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

In order to reduce the risk of collisions for roadway construction workers, this research aims to develop an innovative holistic solution at roadway work zones. In this research, a connected hazard de…More

Embedded Safety Communication System for Robust Hazard Perception of Individuals in Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

Although safety is given the topmost priority in the construction industry, reported severe injuries and fatalities indicate insufficient attention to worker safety. Past studies have demonstrated sig…More

Developing a Pre-Task Safety Briefing Tool for Kentucky Maintenance Personnel (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

The dangerous work environment in the construction industry and the inherited high risks associated with its work make it the focus of safety training and regulations. Highway construction and mainten…More

Hazard and Risk of Highway Maintenance Works: Case Study of PLUS Expressways (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

The North— South Expressway (NSE) (Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan) is the longest expressway in Malaysia with the total length of about 772 km (482 miles) running from Bukit Kayu Hitam in to Johor Bahru. I…More

Highway Construction Work Zones and Traffic Control Hazards (Training)

The training program includes 6 modules which provide an overview of common hazards in highway and road construction and prevention measures. Introduction Module 1 - Work Zone Traffic Control Modul… More

Optimal Camera Placement for Monitoring Safety in Metro Station Construction Work (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

Monitoring systems based on cameras are crucial for safety management of the high-risk activities common in the complex environment of metro station construction sites, and hence there is a need for a…More

Identification of Hazards Associated with Mobile and Short Duration Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

This report documents the research activities completed during the first year of a two-year research project concerning the safety of mobile and short duration work zone operations. The objective of t…More

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