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High Visibility Clothing

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Interpretation Letter 6(09)-012(I) – Use of ANSI/ISEA 207-2011 High-Visibility Safety Apparel (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This letter addresses the question concerning whether the ANSI/ISEA 207-2011 high visibility garment standard meets the requirements contained in Sections 6D.03, 6E.02, and 7D.04 of the 2009 Manual on…More

Interpretation Letter 6(09)-37(I) — Use of ANSI/ISEA 107-2015 High-Visibility Safety Apparel (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This letter addresses the question concerning whether the ANSI/ISEA 207-2015 high visibility garment standard meets the requirements contained in Sections 6D.03, 6E.02, and 7D.04 of the 2009 Manual on…More

Interpretation Letter 6(09)-004 (I) – Use of ANSI/ISEA 107-2010 High-Visibility Safety Apparel (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This letter addresses the question concerning whether the ANSI/ISEA 107-2010 high visibility garment standard meets the requirements contained in Sections 6D.03, 6E.02, and 7D.04 of the 2009 Manual on…More

Interpretation Letter 6(09)-002 (I) – High-Visibility Apparel for Delivery Personnel (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This letter addresses the question concerning whether delivery personnel are included in the definition of worker in Section 1A.13 (Definition 256) of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MU…More

RSP+ Night Work Trainee Booklet (Publication)

Resource Type: Brochures and Fact Sheets
The booklet first explains why night work requires special focus and then presents the hazards, nighttime TTC (Temporary Traffic Control), safety enhancements such as high visibility clothing, best pr…More

2009 National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference

The acclaimed Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference managed by the ARTBA - Transportation Development Foundation was held March 9-13 in Orlando, Florida, in conjunction with World o… More

RSP+ Night Work High Visibility Toolbox Pamphlet (Publication)

Resource Type: Brochures and Fact Sheets
The Night Work High Visibility pamphlet defines the characteristics of 'high visibility' and details ANSI requirements for Class 1, 2 and 3 garments. It includes garment inspection and vehicle visibil…More

RSP+ Night Work Risks Toolbox Pamphlet (Publication)

Resource Type: Brochures and Fact Sheets
The Night Work Risks pamphlet presents the many hazards of night work, discusses nighttime TTC (Temporary Traffic Control), reviews safety enhancements including high visibility clothing, recommends b…More

Personal protective equipment requirements (Practice)

Illinois DOT requires its employees to wear: Hard hats: All supervisors are mandated to wear and require their employees to wear protective hard hats/caps when they are in an area where there is poten… More

Personal protective equipment requirements (Practice)

Florida DOT's  policy on Head Protection, Eye and Face Protection, Hand Protection, Foot Protection, Respiratory Protection, Hearing Protection, Fall Protection Equipment, Safety Nets, and Safety Ves… More

High Visibility Apparel in Work Zones: Characteristics of High-Visibility Safety Apparel / Vestimenta de alta visibilidad en zonas de trabajo – Caracterí­sticas de la vestimenta de seguridad de alta visibilidad (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This field guide provides contractors, field personnel, inspectors, and DOT construction engineers with guidance on characteristics of high-visibility safety apparel. This easy-to-use field reference …More

Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Power Workshop at World of Asphalt 2010 Show & Conference

The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse offered FREE educational sessions  in 2010 during World of Asphalt. Those "power workshops" focused on key work zone safety challenges that… More

Incremento de la visibilidad de trabajadores en zonas de trabajo, a través de la vestimenta de seguridad de alta visibilidad

PDF Version [1.38 MB] De acuerdo con el Manual para la uniformidad de dispositivos de control de tránsito (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, MUTCD) de la Administración Federal de Ca… More

Field Guide on Installation and Removal of Temporary Traffic Control for Safe Maintenance and Work Zone Operations

PDF Version in English [846 KB] and Spanish [1.04 MB] August 2008 Introduction This field guide provides field personnel with introductory guidance on installation and removal methods f… More

More Than 1,500 Industry Officials Join Clearinghouse “Webinar” on New “High Visibility Garment” Requirements

Dates Announced for 2009 Work Zone Safety Conference at World of Asphalt FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2008 Contact: Lisa McCluskey 202-289-4434 (WASHINGTON, D.C.)–More than 1,500 … More

Utility Work Zone Safety Guidelines and Training: Gap Study and Needs Assessment (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
Because utility work zones are short in duration and often unplanned, there are a different set of risks associated with them that differ from those risks associated with normal highway construction w…More

ISEA: High-Vis Public Safety Vests Meet FHWA Requirements for Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Articles, News and Other Non-research Articles
Upon the request of the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA), the Federal Highway Administration has issued an official interpretation stating that the ANSI/ISEA 207-2011 standard, Americ…More

Utility Work Zone Safety Guidelines and Training: Gap Study and Needs Assessment

PDF version RFA Number DTFH61-06-G-00006 CFSA Number: 20.200 Submitted to: United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration HSA Room #E71-324 1200 New Jersey Ave. S… More

ANSI/ISEA 107-2004: Revised American National Standard for High-Visibility Safety Apparel and Headwear (Publication)

Resource Type: Specifications & Special Provisions
This standard provides a uniform, authoritative guide for the design, performance specifications, and use of high-visibility and reflective apparel including vests, jackets, bib/jumpsuit coveralls, tr…More

Increasing the Work Zone Worker’s Visibility Through High-Visibility Safety Apparel / Incremento de la visibilidad de trabajadores en zonas de trabajo, a través de la vestimenta de seguridad de alta visibilidad (Publication)

Resource Type: Brochures and Fact Sheets
This poster illustrates apparel that can and can not be used and provides helpful hints on situations when it is appropriate to use specific apparel through the use of sample pictures and easy to read…More

ATSSA/FHWA Work Zone Safety Grant focus – Winter 2008

PDF version Area 1: Highway Work Zone Worker Safety Training Area 2: Highway Work Zone Safety Guidelines Development Update Area 3: Highway Work Zone Safety Guidelines Training ATS… More

Increasing the Work Zone Worker’s Visibility Through High-Visibility Safety Apparel

PDF Version [1.25 MB] According to Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Worker Visibility Final Rule, "All workers within the right-of-way of a Federal-aid highway who are exposed either to … More

High Visibility Apparel in Work Zones: Characteristics of High-Visibility Safety Apparel

PDF Version [2.66 MB] 2009 Table of Contents Introduction What is High-Visibility Safety Apparel? Apparel Types Performance Class 1 Performance Class 2 Performance Cl… More

Q & A with Ken Wood and Janice Bradley on High Visibility Clothing Requirements

Since the clearinghouse hosted the Complying with the New FHWA Regulation on High Visibility Garments Webinar on September 4, 2008, we have received a lot of follow-up questions related to the require… More

The Focus Work Zone Safety Grant Newsletter – Summer 2009

Printable Version [PDF 2.2 MB] IN THE SPOTLIGHT… Rich Bunker ATSSA Instructor I began working for Lewis County Public Works in 1973 spending 31 years working in all phases of roa… More

High-Visibility Safety Apparel in Work Zones Training Module (Training)

Provides guidance on selecting high-visibility safety apparel including appropriate situations where each type of apparel is required or recommended. Modules Covered: What are the three classe… More

ATSSA Work Zone Safety Grant focus – Spring 2008

PDF version Area 1: Highway Work Zone Worker Safety Training Area 2: Highway Work Zone Safety Guidelines Development Update Area 3: Highway Work Zone Safety Guidelines Training ATS… More

2009 National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference

The acclaimed Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference managed by the ARTBA - Transportation Development Foundation was held March 9-13 in Orlando, Florida, in conjunction with World o… More

Nighttime work restrictions and conditions (Practice)

Some states have found an increase in the amount of work that must be done at night. Minnesota DOT made a commitment to improve the safety of construction work zones by implementing a team to make hig… More

Vestimenta de seguridad de alta visibilidad en zonas de trabajo en carreteras

PDF Version [1.85 MB] ¿Cuándo deja de protegerme la vestimenta de alta visibilidad y debo reemplazarla? junio 2012 Vestimenta de seguridad de alta visibilidad en zonas de trabajo e… More

Complying with the New FHWA Regulation on High Visibility Garments Webinar

On September 4, 2008, over 1,500 viewers logged on live to gain insight to the new Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) regulation that takes effect November 24, 2008.   During this hour long sessio… More

Work Zone Safety Grant FOCUS – Spring 2009

IN THE SPOTLIGHT… John McEahern ATSSA Instructor I began my career in the Staff Traffic Branch of the Colorado Department of Highways (now a DOT) in 1965. I spent the first 20 yea… More

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Guidelines for Emergency Traffic Control (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This handbook provides guidelines listed in the MUTCD with specific focus on traffic incidents. It contains basic principles, a description of standard traffic control devices, guidelines of the appli…More

More Than 1,500 Industry Officials Join Clearinghouse “Webinar” on New “High Visibility Garment” Requirements: Dates Announced for 2009 Work Zone Safety Conference at World of Asphalt (Publication)

Resource Type: Clearinghouse News Releases
More than 1,500 safety, law enforcement, and transportation design and construction professionals participated in a September 4 webinar hosted by the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghous…More
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