Stakeholder Meeting Summary Reports

• January 8, 2013 at Washington, DC [99 KB PDF*, 14 pages]
  
  
• February 5, 2013 Morning Session at Arlington, TX [87 KB PDF*, 13 pages]
  
  
• February 5, 2013 Afternoon Session at Arlington, TX [76 KB PDF*, 11 pages]

Related OSHA Pages

• Traffic Safety in Marine Terminals
  


• Motor Vehicle Safety
  


• Powered Industrial Trucks
  


• Prevention Video (v-Tool): Struck-by Accidents in Construction
  


• Work Zone Hazards Workbook [1 MB PDF^*, 30 pages]
  


• OSHA Construction eTool: Struck-By - Vehicles
  


• Trucking Industry

NIOSH Blind Spot Diagram for the Terex TX 760 Bulldozer.

Safety Clearinghouses

• Preventing Backovers. The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse provides links to information relating to backover incidents in highway work zones. One of the tools on this site is ROADWAY SAFETY+: A Road Construction Industry Consortium Program, which contains a module on backing safety.

Other Federal Agencies

• NIOSH created diagrams of blind spots for several vehicles commonly used on construction sites. These diagrams can help operators understand what they can't see from inside the cab of their vehicle.
  • Blind Spot Diagrams
  • Construction Equipment Visibility
• Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety and Security Systems Technology: Rear Object Detection Systems
  


• Development of a Performance Specification for Camera/Video Imaging Systems on Heavy Vehicles - Final Report: Supporting Research [7 MB PDF, 318 pages]. US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Articles

• Fatal occupational injuries at road construction sites, 2003-7 [253 KB PDF, 4 pages]. US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  


• Develop Methods to Reduce or Prevent Backing Crashes [5 MB PDF, 75 pages]. California PATH Program of the University of California.
  


• Building Safer Highway Work Zones: Measures to Prevent Work Injury from Vehicles and Equipment [565 KB PDF, 78 pages]. US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 2001-128.
  


• Construction Noise: Exposure, Effects, and the Potential for Remediation; A Review and Analysis [293 KB PDF, 22 pages]. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. Includes discussion of hearing protection and effectiveness of backup alarms.
  


• Internal Traffic Control Plans [471 KB PDF, 16 pages]. Iowa State University, Institute for Transportation.
  


• Determination of Backup Alarm Masked Threshold in Construction Noise [3 MB PDF, 135 pages]. Virginia Tech
  


• Evaluation of Devices to Prevent Construction Equipment Backing Incidents. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  


• Evaluation of the Performance of Available Backover Prevention Technologies for Light Vehicles [357 KB PDF, 10 pages]. US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  


• Evaluation of Systems to Monitor Blind Areas Behind Trucks Used in Road Construction and Maintenance: Phase 1. US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 2003-113.
  


• Experimental Evaluation of the Performance of Available Backover Prevention Technologies for Medium Straight Trucks [5 MB PDF, 100 pages]. US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  


• Hardware Evaluation of Heavy Truck Side and Rear Object Detection Systems [422 KB PDF, 25 pages]. US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  


• Monitoring Blind Spots: A Major Concern for Haul Trucks. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  


• NIOSH Reports! Studies on Heavy Equipment Blind Spots and Internal Traffic Control [8 MB PDF, 98 pages]. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
  


• Personnel Noise Exposure Due to Fire Apparatus Backup Alarms: Eugene Fire and EMS [69 KB PDF, 41 pages]. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), US Fire Administration (USFA).
  


• Test Results of Collision Warning Systems for Surface Mining Dump Trucks. US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
  


• Test Results of Collision Warning Systems on Off-Highway Dump Trucks: Phase 2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  


• Tests of Doppler Radar Technology for Haulage Truck Backup Alarms. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  


• Preventing Injuries and Deaths of Workers Who Operate or Work Near Forklifts. US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 2001-109.
  


• Recommendations for Evaluating & Implementing Proximity Warning Systems on Surface Mining Equipment. US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 2007-146.
  


• Vehicle Motion Alarms: Necessity, Noise Pollution, or Both? Environmental Health Perspectives.
  


• Preventing Worker Injuries and Deaths From Moving Refuse Collection Vehicles. US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 97-110.
  


• Vehicle Backing Safety FactSheet [256 KB PDF, 1 page]. The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation.

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