Every year, scores of workers lose their lives because of electrocutions caused by overhead and underground power lines. Thousands more sustain injuries from related burns that cause unimaginable … [Read more...] about Power Line Hazards Awareness
Hazards and Emergency Operations
Nighttime Hazards
Highway contractors increasingly perform maintenance and construction work at night. New voluntary guidelines for work zones will help them keep workers and motorists safe. … [Read more...] about Nighttime Hazards
Identification of Hazards Associated with Mobile and Short Duration Work Zones
This report documents the research activities completed during the first year of a two-year research project concerning the safety of mobile and short duration work zone operations. The objective of … [Read more...] about Identification of Hazards Associated with Mobile and Short Duration Work Zones
ITS technologies, lane rental, A+B bidding, queue detection, and other new and innovative strategies
Indiana uses ITS technologies, modified form of lane rental, A+B bidding, and queue detection on Indiana lane merges. The Indiana Expert System has potential use in construction work zones. … [Read more...] about ITS technologies, lane rental, A+B bidding, queue detection, and other new and innovative strategies
SHRP Reviews Work-Zone Safety Tools
This brief report provides an update on two of the ten products developed and/or evaluated by SHRP, the queue length detector and the remotely driven vehicle (RDV). … [Read more...] about SHRP Reviews Work-Zone Safety Tools
Road Crew Portable Laser Warning System Concept Development and Demonstration
This Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) project applied a laser technology, previously developed for military application and known as Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System … [Read more...] about Road Crew Portable Laser Warning System Concept Development and Demonstration