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Blog Overview Blogger Profiles Event Calendar You can also visit our other sites: EmployeeWellness.ca WellnessFair.ca Workplace Wellness Info on NaturalHealthcare.ca	\| Share: \| more Work Zone Safety Tips The American Society of Safety Engineers have come up with safety tips for drivers passing through construction zones. For many workers, such as police officers, sales personnel, utility workers, truck drivers, construction workers, fire fighters and emergency personnel, the УofficeФ is actually a vehicle. In the United States transportation accidents are the number one cause of on-the-job death every year since 1992. а Making sure a safe work zone area is maintained everyone has to play their part, here are some tips offered by the ASSE to help you drive through a work zone safely: DOЕ Хаа аBe aware of warning signs or electric message boards indicating road construction projects ahead. Хаа аBe alert. Pay complete attention while driving. Хаа аMinimize and eliminate distractions. Refrain from giving other tasks your attention. Хаа аDrive carefully and slowly through the construction site; always obey the posted speed limits in the work zone area. Хаа аPay close attention to and obey work zone warning signs. Хаа аWatch for stopped or slowing traffic. Do not tailgate. Хаа аExpect the unexpected. Anticipate potential dangers. Хаа аPay attention to the traffic ahead and how it is flow. Хаа аKeep an eye out for construction workers, their equipment and vehicles, as well as the vehicles around you. Хаа аBe very cautious when driving through a site at night. Хаа аWatch for detours and lane diversions. DO NOTЕ Хаа аChange your speed drastically while going through a work zone. Хаа аDecrease your speed to look at the construction work being done. Хаа аIncrease your speed until you are completely out of the construction/work area. Хаа аTailgate. Most of the accidents within a work zone are rear-end collisions. Хаа аLane change within a work zone. Many construction workers are killed in work zones, most of these deaths are preventable.а For example workers are run over by motorists, backed over by construction vehicles or electrocuted by overhead power lines. а Posted by: suhujitha on 2010-04-20 14:07:57 Subscribe to the feed Direct Link to this post Next post: Dopamine impacts your willingness to work 2012-05-12 10:04:13 Other posts tagged vehicles, construction workers, safety, health and safety: · [Long-term exposure to silica dust increases risk of death in industrial workers] · [Workplace safety program can reduce injuries if aggressively enforced, study finds] · [Perception, work-life balance key factors in workplace safety, says UGA study] · [MSU investigation links deaths to paint-stripping chemical] · [Asthma rates double for WTC first responders] · [Performance management should involve an evaluation of employee engagement] · [Construction industry has highest number of traumatic brain injuries in US workplace] · [Workers at nail salons may be at higher risk of harmful exposure to toxins] · [Daylight Saving can be hazardous to your health] · [Ontario unleashes OHS enforcement blitz] · [Younger People Have More Workplace Injuries] Don't forget: there is a search box on every page! 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