Summary Statement
Describes statistics on worker fatalities in roadway construction, causes of fatalities, case studies and prevention measures
February 2004
| Presented at the 14th Annual Construction Safety Conference & Exposition, Rosemont, IL, February 2004. |
| There are addtional presenter notes within the PowerPoint file that are not shown here. |
- Background
- Fatality Investigations
- Blind Area Measurements
- Prevention Measures
- Administrative Controls
- Engineering Controls
- 910 worker deaths in work zones from 1992-2000
- 826 (91%) were vehicle or equipment-related (traffic vehicle, construction vehicle, or both)
Related Documents:
Building Safer Highway Work Zones: Measures to Prevent Worker Injuries From Vehicles and Equipment
