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https://doi.org/10.3141/1585-02

http://scholar.google.com...yden&publication_year=1997

To construct and maintain transportation facilities in a cost-effective manner, management of a large state highway construction program must address health and safety risks to highway users and workers. Successful management of construction-site risks requires defined objectives, strong agency commitment, adherence to fundamental safety and health principles, and clearly defined procedures. Health and safety risks and associated costs inherent in highway construction are examined, and the New York State Department of Transportation's construction safety and health program is described. These efforts are offered as a model to other large transportation agencies that may be considering adopting such an approach. Key elements in this program include clear-cut contractual requirements, adequate program staffing, an accident reporting system to identify critical concerns and track progress, formalized procedural manuals to provide operational guidance, quality assurance/quality control procedures, and compliance measures and outreach efforts to the construction industry and other agencies. Problem areas have been identified where greater program focus can obtain results in terms of reduced losses. Initiatives have been directed toward falls, utility contacts, demolition safety, and work-zone traffic control.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1585, Safety and Management in Maintenance and Construction Operations.

English

p. 9-18

1997

Transportation Research Record

0309061563

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Compliance; Construction safety; Contracts; Costs; Crash records; Crash reports; Crashes; Demolition; Education; Falls; Health care; Health hazards; Highway maintenance; Manuals; Occupational safety; Personnel; Planning; Public health; Quality assurance; Quality control; Risk management; Road construction; State departments of transportation; Work zone traffic control

New York (State)

New York (State)

Administration and Management; Construction; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction; I60: Maintenance; I80: Accident Studies

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