Chainsaws are widely used throughout the world.  They’re used in wide variety of industries such as commercial, residential, arborist, road maintenance, property maintenance, ground operations, and bucket truck operations.  Chainsaws can be very useful, but it important to remember they can also be very dangerous.  Every year, numerous chainsaw operators and bystanders are seriously injured and […]

This course, which is presented as a two-part webinar series, is provided through the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). This training program was designed to help keep roadway construction workers safe from being struck by construction trucks and equipment. The learning objectives are to: Understand the hazards faced by roadway construction workers every […]

This course, which is presented as a 4-part webinar series, provides an overview of the legal duties and responsibilities of roadway personnel. A key objective of this training is to use the lessons learned from tort claims filed against road agencies to develop countermeasures and risk management strategies to enhance traffic safety and reduce crashes. […]

The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is a core federal aid program that utilizes a data driven process to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes on all roads across the county. Kentucky’s HSIP program utilizes data to analyze Kentucky’s roadway network for crash locations that experience more wet pavement collisions than similar roadways across the […]

This course, which is presented as a 4-part webinar series, provides an overview of the legal duties and responsibilities of roadway personnel. A key objective of this training is to use the lessons learned from tort claims filed against road agencies to develop countermeasures and risk management strategies to enhance traffic safety and reduce crashes. […]

  Jason Hershock, PennDOT, will discuss the HFST experience in Pennsylvania including manual applications, winter road maintenance, local agency demonstrations, and bundling of sites to reduce costs. Benefit-Cost analysis and CMF development will also be presented. Andy Vandel, South Dakota DOT, will discuss South Dakota’s application of HFST to target the over-representation of roadway departure […]

This will be day 3-day (2 hours each session) program.  Participants are welcome to join any of the three parts however a certificate of attendance will only be issued to those that attend the full session on all days. Make sure to sign in with your full name to receive credit. Log on instructions for all […]

This course, which is presented as a 4-part webinar series, provides an overview of the legal duties and responsibilities of roadway personnel. A key objective of this training is to use the lessons learned from tort claims filed against road agencies to develop countermeasures and risk management strategies to enhance traffic safety and reduce crashes. […]