Building Safer Highway Work Zones: Measures to Prevent Worker Injuries From Vehicles and Equipment

The authors thank the following NIOSH personnel for their review and comments during the development of this document: Dawn Castillo; Lynn Jenkins; Tim Pizatella; Nancy Stout, Ed.D; and David Votaw.

Editorial review and production assistance were provided by Herb Linn, Paul Keane, and Joyce Spiker of the Division of Safety Research, NIOSH. Rosemary Cianfrocco of the Division of Safety Research, NIOSH, provided additional administrative and technical support.

The persons listed below assisted in the development of this document by participating in the NIOSH workshop "Preventing Vehicle and Equipment-Related Occupational Injuries in Highway and Street Construction Work Zones" and by reviewing earlier drafts. The authors gratefully acknowledge their contributions.

Ron Backer, Spokane Research Laboratory, NIOSH

Wayne Barnes, Ohio Department of Transportation

Douglas Bernard, Energy Absorption Systems, Inc.

George Bockosh, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, NIOSH

Jim Boom, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Janice Comer Bradley, International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA)

Jim Britell, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Ken Brown, 3M Company

Michael M. X. Buchet, National Safety Council James Byrnes, Mine Safety Appliance

Leo Carey, National Safety Council

John Chisholm, American Road and Transportation Builders Association

Donna Clark, American Traffic Safety Services Association

Bill Davenport, Deere & Company

Brian Deery, Associated General Contractors of America

Larry Edginton, International Union of Operating Engineers

Thomas Flaherty, Reflexite North America

Mark Fullen, West Virginia University Safety and Health Extension

Robert Gosnell, Liberty Mutual Insurance

Gordon Harner, Barrett Paving Materials, Inc.

Ken Hoffner, Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America

Carl Heinlein, Associated General Contractors of America

Ernest D. L. Huckaby, Federal Highway Administration

Lynn Jenkins, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH

Brook Jerzyk, Reflexite North America

Ken Kobetsky, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

Thomas J. Lentz, Education and Information Division, NIOSH

Larry Liberatore, National Safety Council

Denny Lockard, Maryland State Highway Administration

Robert McArver, Jefferson Government Relations

Dave Malter, Malter Associates, Inc.

William Marquardt, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees

Azita Mashayekhi, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

James Migletz, Graham-Migletz Enterprises, Inc.

Satish Mohan, State University of New York at Buffalo

Douglas Prince, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Robert Randolph, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, NIOSH

Louis Ricca, Jr., Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Michael Robinson, Federal Highway Administration

Louis Rowe, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

David Rush, Virginia Department of Transportation

Randal Schumacher, Jefferson Government Relations

Charlie Sears, Federal Highway Administration

Joseph Sease, South Carolina Department of Transportation

Nancy Stout, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH

Marie Haring Sweeney, Education and Information Division, NIOSH

Harold Thompson, National Safety Council

Ralph Topete, National Safety Council

J. Dan Turner, Federal Highway Administration

Camille Villanova, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Thomas Werner, North Carolina Department of Transportation

Kenneth White, 3M Company

Anker Winther, New Jersey Department of Transportation

Daniel Zarletti, Kenny Construction Company


The persons and organizations listed below also provided valuable contributions to this document through their review and comments on draft versions.


James R. Andrews, Southern Illinois Builders Association

John A. (Jack) Baliker, Katy, Texas

Brian Deery, Associated General Contractors of America

Phillip Ditzler, Federal Highway Administration

R. Gary Fore, National Asphalt Pavement Association

Susan Gaynor, Houston, Texas

Linda M. Goldenhar, Division of Applied Research and Technology, NIOSH

Craig Hughes, Cedar Valley Corp.

Bill Kojola, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

Jack Kolberg, Northern Improvement Company

Leroy Mickelsen, Division of Applied Research and Technology, NIOSH

Richard C. Moore, Jr., Lehman-Roberts Company

James T. Patterson, Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Company of Denver

Curt Peterson, Associated General Contractors of North Dakota

Earl S. Pollack, CPWR – Center for Construction Research and Training

Bradley M. Sant, American Road and Transportation Builders Association

Michael J. Shelly, Hypower, Inc.

Gary S. Sorock, Research Center for Safety & Health, Liberty Mutual Group

Russell B. Swanson, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

David A. Toy, Equipment Manufacturers Institute

Gregory G. Zigulis, University of Tennessee

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