How to Reduce Work Zone Injuries?

To answer this important question, FHWA awarded a $1 million research grant to Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America to perform a “Work Zone Injury Evaluation.” This 4-year grant, which started in September 1993, is developing a comprehensive understanding of the magnitude of work-related injuries and fatalities among construction laborers employed on highway projects, the causes of such injuries and fatalities, and the solutions for reducing these injuries and fatalities.