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Blog Overview Blogger Profiles Event Calendar You can also visit our other sites: EmployeeWellness.ca WellnessFair.ca Workplace Wellness Info on NaturalHealthcare.ca	\| Share: \| more Work Zone Safety Tips The American Society of Safety Engineers have come up with safety tips for drivers passing through construction zones. For many workers, such as police officers, sales personnel, utility workers, truck drivers, construction workers, fire fighters and emergency personnel, the â€œofficeâ€ is actually a vehicle. In the United States transportation accidents are the number one cause of on-the-job death every year since 1992. Making sure a safe work zone area is maintained everyone has to play their part, here are some tips offered by the ASSE to help you drive through a work zone safely: DOâ€¦ â€¢ Be aware of warning signs or electric message boards indicating road construction projects ahead. â€¢ Be alert. Pay complete attention while driving. â€¢ Minimize and eliminate distractions. Refrain from giving other tasks your attention. â€¢ Drive carefully and slowly through the construction site; always obey the posted speed limits in the work zone area. â€¢ Pay close attention to and obey work zone warning signs. â€¢ Watch for stopped or slowing traffic. Do not tailgate. â€¢ Expect the unexpected. Anticipate potential dangers. â€¢ Pay attention to the traffic ahead and how it is flow. â€¢ Keep an eye out for construction workers, their equipment and vehicles, as well as the vehicles around you. â€¢ Be very cautious when driving through a site at night. â€¢ Watch for detours and lane diversions. DO NOTâ€¦ â€¢ Change your speed drastically while going through a work zone. â€¢ Decrease your speed to look at the construction work being done. â€¢ Increase your speed until you are completely out of the construction/work area. â€¢ Tailgate. Most of the accidents within a work zone are rear-end collisions. â€¢ Lane change within a work zone. Many construction workers are killed in work zones, most of these deaths are preventable. For example workers are run over by motorists, backed over by construction vehicles or electrocuted by overhead power lines. 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