ARTBA Foundation Completes
U.S. Department of Labor Roadway
Work Zone Safety Training Program

Washington, D.C. [March 31, 2006]—Over the past two years, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) has provided custom safety training to over 1,000 road construction workers under a just-completed contract from the federal government.

The Susan Harwood Grant, “Targeted Safety Training for the Roadway Construction Industry,” from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), was administered in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 by the ARTBA-TDF in partnership with the National Safety Council and CNA Insurance.  It provided four hours of transportation industry-specific training in work zone safety for road construction workers.

While initially basing the training on the existing curricula of the industry-focused OSHA 10-Hour course, the ARTBA-TDF soon expanded the training to cover two additional hazards identified by reviews of roadway industry insurance data.  The training modules addressed manual materials handling (ergonomics) and fleet safety management—two of the top five hazards evidenced by industry insurance claims.

Under the contract, ARTBA-TDF and its partners developed nearly a dozen laminated “Safety and Health Checklist” pocket cards, which were widely distributed to training participants and handed out at conferences, seminars and expositions. 

Copies of the cards can be downloaded in PDF format at www.artba.org and from the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse, http://wzsafety.tamu.edu.

Established in 1902, ARTBA represents the U.S. transportation construction industry before Congress, the White House, news media and general public.

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