Building Safer Highway Work Zones: Measures to Prevent Worker Injuries From Vehicles and Equipment
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Summary Statement
A comprehensive study of fatalities and injuries in highway workzones and a set of measures that can be taken to reduce them.
April 20001
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| CFOI | Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| FACE | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| ISEA | International Safety Equipment Association |
| ITCP | Internal traffic control plan |
| LHSFNA | Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America |
| MUTCD | Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices |
| NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| ROPS | Rollover protective structure |
| SIC | Standard Industrial Classification |
| TCP | Traffic control plan |
| TEA-21 | Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century |
| TMA | Truck-mounted attenuator |
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