Building Safer Highway Work Zones: Measures to Prevent Worker Injuries From Vehicles and Equipment
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Summary Statement
A comprehensive study of fatalities and injuries in highway workzones and a set of measures that can be taken to reduce them.
April 20001
NOTE: The addresses below were correct as of January, 2001. Since Internet addresses for Websites change frequently, readers are cautioned that slight changes may have taken place since that time.
American Association of State Highway Transportation Officialshttp://www.aashto.org/
American Concrete Pavement Association
http://www.pavement.com
American Road and Transportation Builders Association
http://www.artba.org
American Traffic Safety Services Association
http://www.atssa.com
Associated General Contractors of America
http://www.agc.org
Federal Highway Administration home page
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov
Federal Highway Administration Safety
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/
Federal Highway Administration Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/
Federal Highway Administration Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
http://tfhrc.gov
International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA)
http://www.safetyequipment.org/
National Asphalt Pavement Association
http://www.hotmix.org/
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
National Safety Council Highway Traffic Safety Division
http://www.nsc.org/safety_road/Pages/safety_on_the_road.aspx
National Transportation Safety Board
http://www.ntsb.gov/
National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse
http://wzsafety.tamu.edu/
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov/
Transportation Research Board
http://www.national-academies.org/trb