By training a cross section of construction team members and testing their knowledge in a safety certification program, leaders of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association believe they can put a dent in the 48,600 injuries and deaths that take place in highway work zones each year. The group announced an ambitious goal of 1,000 completed transportation-related training certifications in 2017, the program’s first full year.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration training courses issue course-completion cards for 10-hour and 30-hour courses. But OSHA’s cards “just show that you sat in a classroom,” said Ross Myers, chief executive of contractor Allan Myers and co-chair of new Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals Commission. ARTBA’s target audience of hundreds of thousands of potential workers would be certified to be able to “see a hazard, identify it and know that they should call it in,” he told ENR.
运输安全培训计划及时与工作区撞车有关。根据美国运输部的说法，自2010年以来，这类坠机死亡一直在上升，当时有574。2015年，数据完整的最后一年，死亡人数攀升至688。驾驶员和乘客最多占用大多数。死亡。
大约16年前始于16年前的一致行业管理安全推动力，有助于限制死亡人数。但是在去年相关的总承包商去年的一项调查中，几乎一半的公路承包商报告了过去一年的工作区发生崩溃。
Trucks are involved in many accidents, and speeding, inattention and a false sense of security cause many. “The mind-set of people now is, ‘I’ve got a seat belt and airbags, and if I want to text someone, that’ll be OK,’ ” said Myers. “That is the mind-set of young people today.”
他说，经过验证的安全措施，例如将工人与驻扎在工作地点的车辆和警察汽车分开的障碍，通常会被具有成本意识的运输和警察部门拒绝。雷达相机速度检测系统，这是另一种被证明可以降低工作区驾驶者速度的策略，在某些州被驾驶者团体促进的某些法律所破坏，这些法律认为这种系统容易容易出错并且无效。
To advance the certification program, ARTBA’s Transportation Development Foundation populated the commission with leaders from government, contractors, unions, and insurance and engineering firms. Leaders of top design companies, such as WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff and HNTB, are an important part of the mix.
To qualify for the certification, applicants must have experience in transportation construction or different types of academic training in engineering, construction management or safety. Successful completion requires passing a 2.5-hour, 120-question multiple-choice exam.
奥斯汀工业公司（Austin Industries）首席执行官兼委员会的另一个联合主席戴维·沃尔斯（David Walls）解释了为什么阿尔巴领导人认为他们必须启动认证计划。他说：“我们的无所作为会杀死人们，”他指的是那些处于权威职位的人的义务，而不是“遗漏罪”。
