Safety Resources
Critter Crossing – Tips to Avoid Collisions with Wildlife
The Great Northwest is home to many wildlife species of which many take to roads for crossing. A vast distance of our highways and freeways run straight through their natural habitats and migration routes, creating a high risk for collisions and even accidents as a result. It isn’t uncommon to see a struck-and-killed animal on…
Read MoreKeeping Safe in the Heat
As summer approaches with sudden surges of temperatures in the Northwest, it’s important to address concerns about working in the heat. When temperatures rise suddenly, it raises concern about working conditions for those such as flaggers and construction workers submitted to the environment for long periods of time. Typically, we experience steady rises in temperature,…
Read MoreSmart Work Zones – Bringing Innovation to Traffic Control
For many years, traffic control has relied solely on human judgment and expertise to guide the public through work zones across the U.S. In modern times, technology has also played an important role in our everyday lives for some time now, and it is ever increasing as we make advances in technological innovation for various…
Read MorePower Down: Staying Safe When Power lines Fall
In recent years throughout the Northwest, a number of wind storms following wet weather has resulted in disastrous emergency situations involving downed trees and power lines. When managing such a situation, utility and construction workers alike must be extra cautious and aware of the dangers present with fallen power lines. Electricity is widely recognized as…
Read MoreAttention! – Flagger Safety with Distracted Drivers
The nature of the job with traffic control is traffic itself; it is the greatest danger to flaggers and work crews on the roadways and will always be so. As humans, we are prone to errors of judgment, but add distractions of many kinds, especially the electronic kind, to the mix and the danger increases…
Read MoreDrive Safe. Work Safe. Save Lives – National Workzone Awareness Week
What is the Awareness for? This week, and every April 26-30th is an annual spring campaign: National Work Zone Awareness Week, held at the start of construction season to bring awareness for the critical issues of safety in and around work zones on the road. The broad public makes this campaign successful in the effort…
Read MoreRain on and Keep Calm – Proper Gear for Wet Weather
April showers bring May flowers…and despite the downpours, traffic control efforts must go on as construction crews continue to work through many kinds of weather conditions. Here in the Northwest, we face a little bit of every kind of weather, often times in just one day. However, the committed men and women working to keep…
Read MoreMoving into a Safer Workplace – Avoid Injuries on the Job
It’s the nature of the job; street construction is a hazardous environment! Work crews face many risks for injury under ever changing conditions that may present without warning. Here at TraffiCorp, we keep the topic of safety at the forefront of our conversations to better ensure the safest and most efficient traffic management for the…
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