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Take 5 for safety
Roads & Bridges
January 2008
By Roads & Bridges
Kenny Construction takes home ARTBA-CNA award
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Separation is a positive
Roads & Bridges
September 2007
By Allen Zeyher
Good planning can prevent run-over accidents; technology can help too
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Training for Safety
Roads & Bridges
January 2007
By Stephanie Harris, Associate Editor
For those who make a livelihood in highway work zones, the office is about to get safer
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Technology Driven
Roads & Bridges
January 2007
By Brad Sant
Motorists should expect to see more high-tech devices in work zones
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Flashing lights and neon vests
Roads & Bridges
January 2005
New research, technology has the work-zone safety industry moving forward. The main area of concentration is increasing the visibility of work zones for motorists.
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New Catch Phrases
Roads & Bridges
January 2005
Robert Apel, Contributing Author
OSHA reports an annual average of 362 fatalities from 1995 to 1999 due to falls, a trend that appears to be continuing. Fall protection language changes to protect the worker.
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Cones come marching in
Roads & Bridges
June 2004
Bill Wilson
The computerized cone platoon and the other devices give the drunk, distracted and disorderly zero chance at taking a life.
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Bucking a trend?
Roads & Bridges
March 2004
By Brad Sant
The trends for roadway construction safety are worrisome. A review of total highway construction from 1997 to 2003 shows an impressive 37.1% growth in spending. In these sites, fatalities grew by a whopping 70.4%, with 1,181 fatalities in 2002.
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Quality of life
Roads & Bridges
January 2004
Roger Wentz
The American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) partners with National Partnership for Highway Quality (NPHQ) because it has a powerful stake in the results delivered by quality-driven highway projects. It's gratifying to see efforts under way across the nation to raise the bar on roadway construction and traffic safety. But there's still a great deal of road work ahead.
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A walking example
Roads & Bridges
January 2004
Bill Wilson
Wilton Watson couldn’t feel his smokeless chewing tobacco. After flying 35 ft into a highway ditch the lone missing sensation was a blessing. It could have been worse—a lot worse. But instead of dwelling on rage, Watson has fired up a safety crusade.
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Watch your back
Roads & Bridges
September 2003
Intec Video Systems
Work-zone safety efforts usually concentrate on keeping workers and traffic separate. Traffic control, signage and barriers are integral parts of every roadway construction project. Yet while highway construction workers are exposed to significant risks on the jobsite, motorist traffic is only half the problem.
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Step away from the machine
Roads & Bridges
September 2003
Lars Lindgren
Removing the operator from the equation lowers the risk of injury from operating tools and equipment in dangerous construction zones.
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Breaking Barriers
Roads & Bridges
July 2003
Allen Zeyher
Over the course of 35 years as foster parents, Nancy Blanchard and her husband opened their home to more than 160 children who needed help. Blanchard was selected for her work with foster children as the recipient of the second annual SGC/ATSSA Member Humanitarian Award.
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Shortening time, not lives
Roads & Bridges
July 2003
David Henderson, P.E., Contributing Author
The I-385 Improvements Project is widening 5.8 miles of interstate between I-85 and downtown Greenville, S.C.
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One more plan will not hurt
Roads & Bridges
July 2003
Brad Sant, Contributing Author
The good news is most causes of injuries and fatalities can be reduced and perhaps eliminated with just a little more planning. And the news gets even better. The additional planning will actually save time and money.
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Moving Tribute
Roads & Bridges
July 2002
Bill Wilson
As Eastern Metal/USA Sign, Elmira, N.Y., was closing construction on the American Traffic Safety Services Association’s (ATSSA) National Work Zone Memorial some wondered how they were going to make it move. Transporting the five panels which listed 744 names of those killed in the roadwork environment required a firm—and delicate—hand. Special attention had to be given to the crates . . . the custom-made crates.
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Control issues
Roads & Bridges
July 2002
Ernest Huckaby, Linda L. Brown, Charles Sears, Cherie Kittle, Scott Wainwright, Debra Chapell
For workers in the transportation construction industry, going to work every day invites the potential for harm to themselves and others. In the year 2000, over 1,000 people lost their lives to traffic accidents in work zones. This article will discuss the most recent version of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), focusing on traffic control in work zones and the differences between this version and the previous one, published in 1988.
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A big bowl of concerns
Roads & Bridges
July 2002
Alfonso Montella, Ph.D., P.E.; Giacomo Ciotola, P.E.
Roadwork sites increase accident rates and the severity of those accidents. Reducing this problem requires an integrated and systematic approach aimed at identifying and solving the safety problems of the work zone. An effective approach, which is quickly spreading at the international level, is the work-zone safety audit in both urban and rural areas.
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No. 1 on the active list
Roads & Bridges
July 2002
Roger Wentz
American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA)'s partnerships help accomplish our common goal—to help make our nation’s roadways safer for all motorists by reducing the number of injuries and fatalities on roadways and in work zones.
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New for work zones this year
Roads & Bridges
April 2002
Exhibitors at Traffic Expo 2002, held Feb. 10-12 in Dallas,received free commercial time during the new product press conference. The following is a complete summary of items aimed at improving work zones across the country.
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Passing inspections
Roads & Bridges
July 2001
James E. Bryden, P.E. and Laurel B. Andrew, P.E.
NYSDOT drives through work zones with pen in hand
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Flagger Respect Begins with Training
Roads & Bridges
July 1997
Mike Ireland
ATSSA unveils new beneficial program to train flaggers; train-the-trainer approach most efficient, affordable teaching method; opportunity exists for independent trainers.
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