Safety Topics

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Safety First!
Safety Topics

Rob Hecker Safety Liaison Div. of Construction
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Safety Topics

• Hi-Vis Safety Apperall
• OSHA 10 hr Training
• Work Zone

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Hi-Vis Safety Apparel

• Why
• When
• Where
• Which Type
• Who

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Why

• Workers with retro-reflective materials are
  visible from over 500 feet away at nighttime
• Pedestrian wearing whiteonly 180 feet.

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Why

• Implemented by Federal Rule
• Adopted by the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control
  (MUTCD)
• Adopted by KYTC
• Adopted by OSHA

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When

• TOOK effect Nov. 24, 2008
• All projects statewide effective that date.

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Where

• Within Right-of-Way and Exposed to Traffic
  (construction or vehicular)

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Which Type

• ANSI/ISEA 107-2004 Performance Class 2 is minimum
• Performance Class 3 is required for anyone
  performing nighttime flagging

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Who

• EVERYONE
• Highway workers
• Police
• Firefighters
• News crews
• Utility Workersetc.
• Proper Hi-Vis??

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OSHA 10-Hour Construction Training

• What is it?
• Why
• Who
• When, Where, How Long

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OSHA 10

• Joint effort between Div. of Construction and
  Employee Safety and Health
• OSHA Construction Outreach Trainers
• Regional Safety Trainers
• District Safety Coordinators

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What is it?

• 10 hours of training on OSHA Construction
  topics/hazards
• Topics will include Focus Four Hazards
• Fall Protection, Electrical, Struck By, Caught
  in/between
• Does NOT make you a Competent Person in any
  construction topics
• Trains employee to Recognize hazard

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Why

• Program was initially begun in 2001 with
• Construction employees being the target group
• Retirements have created an increase in new
  employees
• Reorganization of the Cabinet has meant crossover
  in employee duties

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Who should attend

• EVERYONE
• All District and Central office employees of
  Project Delivery and System Preservation that
  could be exposed to construction hazards.

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When, Where, How Long

• Training to begin in March/April of 2009
• 2 classes of approximately 40 people to be held
  in each District in the next six months
• Goal of 24 classes for each six month interval
• Expected to take 2-3 years to fully complete

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Work Zone Policy Update
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Training

• 1,000 have been qualified as Work Zone
  Technicians
• 500 have been qualified as Supervisors
• Approximately half are KYTC employees

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District Work Zone Coordinators

• D-1 Brad Turner, D-2 Keith Mayes, D-3 Stuart
  Payton, D-4 Kevin Blain\Ricardo Moore, D-5 David
  Rice, D-6 Bob Hill, D-7 Tim Preston, D-8 Jami
  West, D-9 Mickey Reffit, D-10 Bob Joseph, D-11
  Ronnie Hicks, and D-12 Brittany Hamilton

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2009 Implementation

• Identify project as (significant/unclassified) at
  pre-con
• Identify qualified work zone technicians and
  supervisors
• Report significant problems/crashes to your
  District Work Zone Coordinator in timely fashion

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Questions????

• The End