Report of Investigations 9660: Evaluation of Systems to Monitor Blind Areas Behind Trucks Used in Road Construction and Maintenance: Phase 1

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Ruff, Todd M.
• Description:
  The majority of fatalities that occur in road construction work zones in the United States involve a worker being struck by a piece of construction equipment or other vehicle. The Spokane Research Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, in cooperation with the Washington State Department of Transportation, is evaluating methods to decrease these accidents. One such method uses devices that assist equipment operators in monitoring blind areas around the equipment to prevent collisions with workers on foot or other objects. Several cameras and sensor systems are available for this application, and a study was conducted to evaluate these systems on various trucks used in road construction and maintenance. Tests were conducted using sanding trucks during the winter months, which allowed researchers to investigate the effectiveness and limitations of various technologies under the most extreme conditions. Tests were also conducted using dump trucks during the warmer months to study the effectiveness of the systems in highway work zones. Results show that many difficulties arise when using camera and sensor systems in cold, snowy climates. And, while the operation of these systems is more reliable during the warmer months, challenges still exist in using them on equipment in crowded work areas. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Todd M. Ruff
  
  "February 2003."
  
  Also available via the Internet.
  
  Mode of access: Internet at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health web site. Address as of 7/16/08: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/RI9660.pdf
  
  current access available via PURL.
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 14).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Construction Industry Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction-equipment; Construction-workers; Road-construction; Monitoring-systems; Monitors; Accident-prevention; Injury-prevention
• Source:
  Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2003-113, (RI 9660), 2003 Feb; :1-15
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2003113
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRL - Spokane Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  21 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022549
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2003-104275
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Intervention Effectiveness Research
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ba8f2de98c3147d60b327d19ab4a5141b8c223fb429dbb56c3f0b13a98d1f46dd8cbfde03ae174392adfcdbe9135c662169149b196310a66595a0260f12ccdbf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6481/cdc_6481_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.27 MB ]