Detecting the safety vests is an important foundation for various applications in safety management and productivity measurement. The fluorescent yellow-green color and fluorescent orange-red color of … [Read more...] about A Comparative Study of Machine Learning Classification for Color-Based Safety Vest Detection on Construction-Site Images
Protective Clothing
ANSI/ISEA 107-2015: American National Standard for High-Visibility Safety Apparel and Accessories
The 2015 edition consolidates the requirements of ANSI/ISEA 107-2010 and ANSI/ISEA 207, American National Standard for High-Visibility Public Safety Vests, in an effort to establish a single, … [Read more...] about ANSI/ISEA 107-2015: American National Standard for High-Visibility Safety Apparel and Accessories
ITD Shifts to Yellow
To improve employee safety, ITD has switched their old orange vests to new high-visibility yellow vests following employee recommendations. Links to videos that explain the switch and the new vests … [Read more...] about ITD Shifts to Yellow
Investigation of Flashing and Intensity Characteristics for Vehicle-Mounted Warning Beacons
Reducing the potential for crashes involving front line service workers and passing vehicles is important for increasing worker safety in work zones and similar locations. Flashing yellow warning … [Read more...] about Investigation of Flashing and Intensity Characteristics for Vehicle-Mounted Warning Beacons
Determination of Optimal Intensities and Periods for Vehicle-Mounted Warning Lights Using Field Experiments
Increasing the safety of work zones and other locations where frontline service workers are present is important to reduce the potential for crashes involving passing vehicles and the workers. … [Read more...] about Determination of Optimal Intensities and Periods for Vehicle-Mounted Warning Lights Using Field Experiments
Work Zone Safety Sign Package Program Winners
The work zone safety sign package program was developed to assist smaller cities with the introduction or upgrade of their temporary traffic control devices to meet current standards for compliance. … [Read more...] about Work Zone Safety Sign Package Program Winners