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Develop your workforce's safety awareness with this multilingual program featuring 14 topics and interactive demonstrations. Ideal for toolbox sessions or formal training. Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese with audio files. Includes instructional booklets, flip books, and instructor guides.
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FHWA Work-Zone Training & Guidelines Development Grant June 20, 2007 Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Laborer’s Health & Safety Fund of North America (LHSFNA) • Scott Schneider (202-628-5465) • schneider@lhsfna.org • American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) • Brad Sant (202-289-4434 X308) • bsant@artba.org • National Asphalt Pavement Assoc. (NAPA) • Una Connolly (301-731-4748 X126) • uconnolly@hotmix.org
Operating Engineers International Union • Emmett Russell (202-778-2672) • erussell@iuoe.org • James E. Bryden, PE • 518-439-2378 (jbryden@nycap.rr.com) • Laborers-AGC Education & Training Fund • John Le Conche (860-974-0800) • jleconche@laborers-agc.org
EPCRA/SARA Title III • New York Health & Safety Fund • Jim Melius (518-449-1715) • melius@nysliuna.org • American Assoc. of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) • Ken Kobetsky (202-624-5454) • kenk@aashto.org • CNA Insurance Company • Todd Hohn (312-822-5309 • Todd.hohn@cna.com
EPCRA/SARA Title III • Texas Transportation Institute • Gerald L. Ullman (979-845-9908) • G-ullman@tamu.edu • FOF Communications • Rod Wolford (202-667-6048) • fof@fofcom.com • National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Associate Member) • David Fosbroke (304-285-6010) def2@cdc.gov
Design • Use for Orientation or Refresher Training • Focus on Common Hazards, Conditions, and Injuries • Develop in Modules • Used for ‘Tool-Box’ • Sessions or Formal • Training • Evaluate formative, • process, and outcome • measures
14 Current Topics • Driving • Electrical Hazards • Emergencies • Excavations • Falls •Flagging Hazards • Health Hazards • Night Work • Noise • Operator Hazards •Working Outdoors •Sprains & Strains • Runovers and Backovers • Struck By
Presentation Media • MacromediaCD • 32-page Trainee Booklet • Toolbox Pamphlets • 14x20 Color Flip Books • 42-page Instructor Guide The complete program comes on CD and free web download. http://wzsafety.tamu.edu
Multi-Lingual • English • Spanish • Portuguese • Audio files “speak” the slides so a bilingual instructor is not necessary. • Presenter can switch instantly among English, Spanish, and Portuguese. • Most print products come in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Demonstrations • Interactive presentation contains 8 demos: • Stopping Distances • Electrical Contacts • Equipment Blind Spots • Placement of TTC Devices • Struck-by & Flying Objects • Noise • Night visibility • Trenching • Heat Stress • Lifting
+ • Temporary Traffic Control • Expanded Night Work Module • ITS Applications • Disaster Response 4 New Topics
Progress – Two Parts • Survey of AASHTO Members on most needed Typical Application Training • Portable Changeable Message Sign Guidance • ITS integration into Work Zones
Progress – Two Parts • Night Work • Runovers and Backovers • Disaster Response • Deployment and Retrieval of TTCDs
Work Zone Clearinghouse • Site for all FHWA Grantee Work • ARTBA/LHSFNA and Partners • ATSSA • Illinois Institute of Technology • Kent State University • National Traffic Management and Work Zone Safety Conference • Fort Lauderdale, Florida – October 9-12
THANK You!