Construction

Safety
 Key Initiatives
Initiative 1: Target: ZERO

Focus on safety in the workplace, on construction

sites, and with the traveling public to assure ZERO
tolerance for any safety hazard.
Focus on Workplace Safety
Safety & Health Policy
Organizational S & H work plan
Worksite safety audits
Safety training programs
OCSEA/AFSCME partnership
A New Pledge to Serve Ohioans
As a member of Team ODOT, SERVICE is my
commitment:
Safety First: I will focus
Safety First each day on safety: my
Every Partner own, my teammates,
our workplace, our
Respect for My Customers
work practices, and our
Value of My Job customers – the
Integrity traveling public – with a
“Target Zero” goal for
Clear Communication any and all safety
Eye to the Future hazards.
 Heavy
Equipment
Operation and
Your Personal
Safety
• Heavy equipment
is vital to getting
the job done.

• From time to time

many, if not all of
these machines,
operate close to
workers on foot.

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 Today’s Situation
Being struck by or caught in-between are two of the leading
causes of injuries and fatalities on construction and
maintenance work sites.
STRUCK BY (22%) CAUGHT IN-BETWEEN (18%)

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 Heavy Contractor Fatalities

1. Construction equipment backed over a worker on

foot.
• In some cases, the victim was the signal
person.
• Some accidents occurred even though the
backup alarm was working properly.
2. Employee hit by motorist.
• Traffic lanes not closed to the public.
• Vehicle jumped over the concrete barrier.

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 Heavy Contractor Fatalities

3. Construction equipment ran forward over an

employee.
• May have involved employees jumping or
falling off vehicles.
4. Machine rolled over and crushed employee –
lack of ROPS or no seat belt in use.
5. Equipment hit overhead power line.

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 Common Citations
Horn not working.
• Provide a signal before
equipment starts to
back up.
• Useful when equipment
loses braking power.
• Alert other operators to
prevent equipment
from backing into each
other.
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 Common Citations
Equipment closer than
10 feet from power
lines.
• Includes skid steer
loaders, power
concrete pumpers,
dump trucks, cranes,
gradalls, backhoes.
• All types of
equipment with
articulated booms.

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 General Hazards
• Striking people and
collision with other
equipment.

• Pinch points
between
equipment and
Worker pinned under
objects. equipment

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More General Hazards
• Injuries to operators
jumping out of the cab.

• Runaway machines as a
result of not blocking
wheels when parking or Risk of Hitting Power Line
operator’s inability to
control.

• Being struck by limbs of

trees or other overhead
obstructions, and by
moving equipment.
Nearby Power Lines and Trees
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 Working Around Vehicles and Heavy
Equipment
• On-foot workers should be trained to
work safely around the equipment
– Wear high visibility clothing
– Do not assume operators can see you
• Signal person may be used to assist
the operator
• Good communication is essential
– Use standardized hand signals
– Use walkie-talkies (two-way-radios)
This worker is clearly
visible!
View From The Operator’s Seat

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 Safety Within the Work Zone:
Internal Traffic Control Plan
Internal Traffic Control Plans The purpose of an Internal Traffic
Paving Model Plan – Traffic Adjacent
Control Plan is to control the flow of
construction vehicles, equipment,
and workers inside a busy work zone.

Establishing a predictable pattern of

movement minimizes the need for
backing up limits exposure of
workers on foot to construction
traffic and will reduce the risk of
injury or death.

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 Safety Within the Work Zone:
Internal Traffic Control Plan
• Control the flow of equipment traffic to minimize backing within the
work zone.
• Establishes procedures for entering and exiting the work zone.

• Distance to change lanes and decelerate into the work zone.

• Distance to accelerate into high speed traffic when leaving the work
zone.
• Restrict access points into work areas.

• Design buffer spaces to protect pedestrians from errant vehicles or

work zone equipment.
• Provide signs within the work zone to direct and guide pedestrians
and equipment operators.
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 Safety Issues
• Understand and follow the job site safety
plan.
• Federal OSHA inspection of stimulus-
funded projects.

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Start Every Work Day the Safe Way
Analyze the work to be done.
Identify the critical safety procedures.
Decide what personal protective equipment is
required.
Start Every Work Day the Safe Way
Step back 2 yards for 2 minutes and ask
yourself:
“Am I focused and have I identified all the
hazards?”
Construction
Safety