CSULB Traffic Safety Operations Tailgate Training
Overview of CSULB Safety and Risk Management's training on traffic safety operations for employees, focusing on highway work zone accidents, traffic control, equipment operation, TTC plans, high visibility clothing, and vocabulary related to traffic control. Discusses DOT street type definitions, regulations governing maintenance operations, and campus street types. Training includes images and key information for working safely in and around traffic.
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Traffic Safety Operations for CSULB Employees CSULB Safety and Risk Management 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 1
Introduction Each year, over 100 workers are killed in traffic accidents at highway work zones. Half of these deaths are caused by traffic being controlled by the work zone, and half are caused by equipment operated in the work zone by fellow workers. Today, we ll see a brief overview of the requirements for working in and around traffic. 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 2
Topics of Discussion The DOT definition of street types found on campus. The requirements for developing an effective TTC Temporary Traffic Control plan. The requirements for the use of high visibility clothing. The responsibility for using approved methods for working in and around traffic. 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 3
Vocabulary TTC: AADT: TCP: MUTCD: Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices MTCMWZ: Manual of Traffic Controls for Maintenance and Work Zones Temporary Traffic Control Average automobile daily trips Traffic Control Plan 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 4
Campus Street Types Maintenance operations in and around traffic are governed by CCR, Title 8, Article 11, section 1598, and Title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 655.603 Both regulations define highways by use, traffic load, and location. The following definitions apply to streets and highways in California, and CSULB. 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 5
Campus Street Types A. Freeway a divided highway with full control of access; B. Expressway a divided highway with partial control of access; C. Conventional Road a street or highway other than a low-volume road (as defined in Section 5A.01), a freeway, or an expressway; D. Special Purpose Road a low-volume, low- speed road that serves recreational areas or resource development activities, or that provides local access. Definition Low Volume Road - 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 6
Low Volume Road A low-volume road shall be defined for this Part of the Manual as follows: A. A low-volume road shall be a facility lying outside of built-up areas of Cities, towns, and communities, and it shall have a traffic volume of less than 400 AADT. B. A low-volume road shall not be a freeway, expressway, interchange ramp, freeway service road, or a road on a designated State highway system. In terms of highway classification, it shall be a variation of a conventional road or a special purpose road as defined in Section 2A.01. C. A low-volume road shall be classified as either paved or unpaved. 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 7
Developing an Effective Temporary Traffic Control Plan Effective temporary traffic control must provide for the workers, road users, and pedestrians. At the same time, it must provide for the efficient completion of whatever activity suspended normal use of the roadway. Managers must use the guidelines found in the Manual of Traffic Control for Maintenance and Work Zones , found at the CalTrans website: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/signdel/chp 5/chap5.htm 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 8
Typical Traffic Control Plans 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 9
Typical Traffic Control Plans 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 10
Typical Traffic Control Plans 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 11
Use of High Visibilty Clothing Workers inside work zones, and flaggers shall wear orange, strong yellow-green, or fluorescent versions of these colored warning garments such as vests, jackets, or shirts. Rainwear, when worn, shall be orange, strong yellow-green, or yellow. During the hours of darkness, flaggers' stations shall be illuminated such that the flagger will be clearly visible to approaching traffic and flaggers shall be outfitted with reflectorized garments. The retroreflective material shall be visible at a minimum distance of 1,000 ft. (304.8) m. The retroreflective clothing, or the retroreflective material added to the clothing, shall have a minimum of one horizontal stripe around the torso. Managers and supervisors shall ensure that all workers whose work assignments will expose them to traffic shall have and shall wear high visibility clothing. 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 12
Which Work Requires High Visibility Clothing and a TCP? All work where employees are working in traffic (on a street, in a parking lot), or immediately adjacent to traffic. Such assignment as (but not limited to) : Planting, mowing or other grounds related activities on street dividers. Planting, mowing, or other grounds related activities adjacent to local streets or parking lots. Making confined space entries into underground vaults whose entrances are in traffic paths of streets. Painting street markings, curb colors, or making adjustments to street signage. Some of this work may also require a Traffic Control Plan. 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 13
Summary CSULB is a very busy place, with lots of traffic, and many distractions to safe operation of a motor vehicle. The primary cause of injury and death to employees nationwide is motor vehicle accidents. Of those employees injured at traffic work zones, half of the injuries are caused by traffic, the other half by construction equipment operated inside the work zone. Managers must ensure that their employees have access to high visibility clothing, and that they wear it whenever they are exposed to traffic during the course and scope of their assigned work. Managers are additionally responsible for creating effective traffic control plans, and ensuring that their employees are trained in the specific duties those plans detail, and that the plans are carried out at the job site. 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 14
Resources The following websites should be consulted for specific information on traffic plans: http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2003/pdf-index.htm http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/signdel/ch p5/chap5.htm#5-04.3 http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/signdel/fla gging/flagging.htm http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/kno-2003.htm 12/11/2024 SRM Tailgate Training 15
