Working at the Speed of Night - Vicky Hoyt, Flatiron West, Inc.

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Date: July 11,2012Presented by: Vicky Hoyt

Working at The Speed of NightWork Zone Awareness

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Objectives

All Participants will be able to:

1)Define the Work Zone and its Hazards

2) List What is Currently Being Done to Improve Conditions

3)Name at Least 1 Community Action You and/ or Your Company Can Be Committed to Improve the Working Conditions

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Work Zone Awareness

A WORK ZONE is a traffic way area that includes

Highway & street construction or utility work activities.

It differs from the “construction jobsite” in that the work zone is in a roadway that has passing traffic.

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Dangers in The Work Zone

OSHA has identified two major categories of hazards found at work zones: internal hazards and external hazards.

What Are Some Common Internal Hazards?

What Are The External Hazards of the Work Zone?

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Dangers in The Work Zone at Night

High Accident Frequency

Struck By Accidents

Productivity Losses

Confusion in Work Flow

Poor Efficiency

Lighting Problems at

Night :

Not enough light

Angle of light plant

Setting up light plant

Impaired/reduced visibility

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Dangers in The Work ZoneIn California, the traffic congestion and citizens demand freeway closure work to be performed primarily at night (McGowen, 2006).

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Contractors Best Practice Measures:

Traffic Control Devices- Follow MUTCD

Good, Glare-Free Illumination – Adequate & Not Blinding

Visibility of Workers- BE SEEN

Work Vehicle Visibility- BE SEEN

Train Supervisors & Crews in Work Zone Awareness

Use Barrier Methods

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Partial Freeway Closure with AttenuatorsProtecting the Work Zone

PARTIAL CLOSURESINGLE LANE OF TRAFFIC

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Partial Freeway Closure with Ideal Work Zone Protection

PARTIAL CLOSURESINGLE LANE OF TRAFFIC

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Improving Working Conditions and Incident Statistics

1 Work Zone Fatality Occurs every 7 hours

The number of fatalities and injuries of the traveling public in work zones is worse than the occupational incidents, even among what OSHA calls “High Hazard” industries

4 out of 5 Fatalities are Public Drivers

Best Practice for Contractors

What the Government is Doing

CalTrans and AGC

Public Involvement

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Solutions To Take Safety to the Next Level for All

Stakeholders:

CalTrans+ AGC+ CHP = Good Work Zone Solutions

Improve Specifications in the latest revisions(increase buffer zone, mandate barrier protection)

Expand work Windows

Cozeep Presence + Increase Ticket Enforcement

Possible Speed Reduction in Night Work Zones

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Get The Workforce & Public Involved through specific awareness campaigns

Los Angeles Times Carmagaddon

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MAKE CHANGES TO THE SPEED LAWS!

Lowering the Speed Limit in Work Zones Throughout California between 11 PM & 3 AM

It takes less than one minute longer to travel through a two-mile work zone at 45 miles per hour than at 65 miles per hour.

49 seconds to be exact!

PETITION to Change the Law

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Review

1)Name OSHA’s Two Workzone Hazard Categories:

_______________, __________________

2) Name One Measure that Would Help Protected workers from External Hazards: ________________

3)What Part of the Community Effort Can you make the most Impact? 1) Speak up at Cal Trans Meetings

2) Participate in Awareness Training

3) Participate via social network

4) Sign a Speed Reduction Petition

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Work Zone safety is a community problem that requires a culture change effort involving all the stakeholders

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Outreach Details

State/Agency: CaliforniaCampaign Name: "Slow for the Cone Zone"Description: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) introduced its "Slow for the Cone Zone" safety campaign at a news conference in 2000. Hoping to reduce accidents in highway construction and maintenance zones, Caltrans targeted audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area and central coast of California with a clear message to slow down, stay alert and use great caution in the cone zone. The centerpiece of the campaign is a commercial, featuring a distracted driver slamming his automobile into a piece of highway construction equipment.Themes: "Slow for the Cone Zone" - Theme aimed at danger to driver of car in cone zones. Ease up and stay alert when passing a coned off area.Audio PSAs: Slow for the Cone Zone Radio Commercial consists of the message to be alert and slow for the cone zone. A car was crashed into a front-end loader for the commercial and to kick off the campaign. The crash sound is heard in the commercial.Video PSAs: The centerpiece of the campaign is a commercial, featuring a distracted driver slamming his automobile into a piece of highway construction equipment. As glass shatters and metal distorts, viewers are reminded of the dangers they face when they ignore the orange cones that outline a work zone. As if a further warning were needed, the narrator dramatically reminds motorists, "Slow for the Cone Zone".Materials: Slow for The Cone Zone Billboard consists of the message " Slow For The Cone Zone" and Caltrans logo seen with cones. Graphics include Orange cones and the phrase "Slow For The Cone Zone." Web site and signage on the back of trucks.Website: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/conezone/

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