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    Construction - Traffic Management On Construction Sites

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    Each year, approximately 10 people die from being struck by vehicles on construction sites and hundreds more are injured. To prevent these accidents, effective traffic management is needed to separate pedestrians and vehicles. Key aspects of traffic management include keeping walkways separate from roads, minimizing unnecessary vehicle movements, ensuring drivers and operators are trained, and using signs and instructions to clearly indicate routes.

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    Construction - Traffic Management On Construction Sites

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    Each year, approximately 10 people die from being struck by vehicles on construction sites and hundreds more are injured. To prevent these accidents, effective traffic management is needed to separate pedestrians and vehicles. Key aspects of traffic management include keeping walkways separate from roads, minimizing unnecessary vehicle movements, ensuring drivers and operators are trained, and using signs and instructions to clearly indicate routes.

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    Each year, approximately 10 people die from being struck by vehicles on construction sites and hundreds more are injured. To prevent these accidents, effective traffic management is needed to separate pedestrians and vehicles. Key aspects of traffic management include keeping walkways separate from roads, minimizing unnecessary vehicle movements, ensuring drivers and operators are trained, and using signs and instructions to clearly indicate routes.

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    Each year, approximately 10 people die from being struck by vehicles on construction sites and hundreds more are injured. To prevent these accidents, effective traffic management is needed to separate pedestrians and vehicles. Key aspects of traffic management include keeping walkways separate from roads, minimizing unnecessary vehicle movements, ensuring drivers and operators are trained, and using signs and instructions to clearly indicate routes.

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    8/16/2015

    ConstructionTrafficmanagementonconstructionsites

    Trafficmanagementonsite
    Whatyouneedtodo
    Importantstatistic
    Onaverage,eachyear,about7workersdieasaresultofaccidentsinvolvingvehiclesormobile
    plantonconstructionsites.Afurther93areseriouslyinjured.
    Thelawsaysthatyoumustorganiseaconstructionsitesothatvehiclesandpedestriansusing
    siteroutescanmovearoundsafely.
    Theroutesneedtobesuitableforthepersonsorvehiclesusingthem,insuitablepositionsand
    sufficientinnumberandsize.
    Thetermvehiclesincludes:cars,vans,lorries,lowloadersandmobileplantsuchasexcavators,
    lifttrucksandsitedumpersetc.
    Thekeymessageis:constructionsitevehicleincidentscanandshouldbepreventedbythe
    effectivemanagementoftransportoperationsthroughouttheconstructionprocess.
    Keyissuesindealingwithtrafficmanagementonsiteare:
    Keepingpedestriansandvehiclesapart
    Minimisingvehiclemovements
    Peopleonsite
    Turningvehicles
    Visibility
    Signsandinstructions

    Whatyouneedtoknow
    Eachyearwithintheconstructionindustry,approximatelytenpeopledieasaresultofbeing
    struckbyvehiclesonsite.Inaddition,therearehundredsofpreventableaccidentsandinjuries.
    http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/vehiclestrafficmanagement.htm

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    Accidentsoccurfromgroundworkstofinishingworksandmanagers,workers,visitorstositesand
    membersofthepubliccanallbeatrisk.
    Inadequateplanningandcontrolistherootcauseofmanyconstructionvehicleaccidents.

    Keepingpedestriansandvehiclesapart
    Themajorityofconstructiontransportaccidentsresultfromtheinadequateseparationof
    pedestriansandvehicles.
    Thiscanusuallybeavoidedbycarefulplanning,particularlyatthedesignstage,andby
    controllingvehicleoperationsduringconstructionwork.
    Thefollowingactionswillhelpkeeppedestriansandvehiclesapart:
    Entrancesandexitsprovideseparateentryandexitgatewaysforpedestriansand
    vehicles
    Walkwaysprovidefirm,level,welldrainedpedestrianwalkwaysthattakeadirectroute
    wherepossible
    Crossingswherewalkwayscrossroadways,provideaclearlysignedandlitcrossing
    pointwheredriversandpedestrianscanseeeachotherclearly
    Visibilitymakesuredriversdrivingoutontopublicroadscanseebothwaysalongthe
    footwaybeforetheymoveontoit
    Obstructionsdonotblockwalkwayssothatpedestrianshavetostepontothevehicle
    routeand
    Barriersthinkaboutinstallingabarrierbetweentheroadwayandwalkway.
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    Minimisingvehiclemovements
    Goodplanningcanhelptominimisevehiclemovementaroundasite.Forexample,landscaping
    toreducethequantitiesoffillorspoilmovement.
    Tolimitthenumberofvehiclesonsite:
    providecarandvanparkingfortheworkforceandvisitorsawayfromtheworkarea
    http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/vehiclestrafficmanagement.htm

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    controlentrytotheworkareaand
    planstorageareassothatdeliveryvehiclesdonothavetocrossthesite.
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    Peopleonsite
    Employersshouldtakestepstomakesurethatallworkersarefitandcompetenttooperatethe
    vehicles,machinesandattachmentstheyuseonsiteby,forexample:
    checkswhenrecruitingdrivers/operatorsorhiringcontractors
    trainingdriversandoperators
    managingtheactivitiesofvisitingdrivers.
    Peoplewhodirectvehiclemovements(signallers)mustbetrainedandauthorisedtodoso.
    Accidentscanalsooccurwhenuntrainedorinexperiencedworkersdriveconstructionvehicles
    withoutauthority.Accesstovehiclesshouldbemanagedandpeoplealertedtotherisk.
    [Backtotop]

    Turningvehicles
    Theneedforvehiclestoreverseshouldbeavoidedwherepossibleasreversingisamajorcause
    offatalaccidents.
    Onewaysystemscanreducetherisk,especiallyinstorageareas.
    Aturningcirclecouldbeinstalledsothatvehiclescanturnwithoutreversing.

    Visibility
    Ifvehiclesreverseinareaswherepedestrianscannotbeexcludedtheriskiselevatedand
    visibilitybecomesavitalconsideration.
    Youshouldconsider:
    Aidsfordriversmirrors,CCTVcamerasorreversingalarmsthatcanhelpdriverscan
    seemovementallroundthevehicle
    http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/vehiclestrafficmanagement.htm

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    Signallerswhocanbeappointedtocontrolmanoeuvresandwhoaretrainedinthe
    task
    Lightingsothatdriversandpedestriansonsharedroutescanseeeachothereasily.
    Lightingmaybeneededaftersunsetorinbadweather
    Clothingpedestriansonsiteshouldwearhighvisibilityclothing.

    Signsandinstructions
    Makesurethatalldriversandpedestriansknowandunderstandtheroutesandtrafficruleson
    site.Usestandardroadsignswhereappropriate
    Provideinductiontrainingfordrivers,workersandvisitorsandsendinstructionsouttovisitors
    beforetheirvisit.
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    http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/vehiclestrafficmanagement.htm

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