Highway Worker Safety Measures Decrease Injury and Control Costs

Highway Worker Safety Programs

To mitigate highway worker safety exposures a new educational campaign to increase awareness of dangers while helping to reduce highway worker injuries and fatal accidents was developed by Zurich in North America and The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

The Highway Worker Safety Program is customizable program consisting of eight interactive modules addressing traffic control, asphalt paving, bridge work, concrete paving, demolition work, earthwork and grading operations, short-term and mobile operations and utility and drainage work. The modules can be presented individually or in any combination depending on the need and availability of personnel. The program focuses on the leading causes of highway worker fatalities and serious soft tissue injuries and contains a hierarchy of safety controls, more than 80 minutes of video, trainer and trainee presentation materials, resource guides and module quizzes. The presentation package includes one Interactive DVD and one DVD-ROM with editable PowerPoint Presentation, one printed version of the Instructor's guide, and five printed versions of the Participant's Manual. (workersxzcompxzkit) Similar programs by Zurich North America and AGC (Soft Tissue Injury Prevention Program – STIPP) helped reduced the number of work related injuries as evidenced by a decrease in soft tissue injury claims. Specifically, in the first six months of implementing an awareness STIPP, proactive customers reported decreases of 30%-45% in strain, sprain, and lower back type injuries. Author: Robert Elliott, J.D.

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