Protecting Workers from Vehicular Traffic
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), traffic zone workers are roughly as likely to be struck by construction- or maintenance-related equipment (dump trucks, bulldozers, graders, etc.) as by cars, vans, tractor-trailers, buses, and motorcycles.
These workers are protected from traffic by cement dividers.
The BLS says between 2003 and 2010, U.S. workers were fatally struck 152 times by construction- or maintenance-related equipment and 153 times by the other vehicles.
Most of the fatalities are due to:
- on-foot workers struck by passing vehicular traffic
- on-foot workers struck by construction vehicles
- construction vehicle operator and occupant events (e.g., rollovers)
- highway traffic accidents caused by crashes involving motorists from the passing traffic that intrude into the work area
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5-2. What is a leading cause of traffic zone worker fatalities?
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