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Are Work Zone Speed Cameras a Money Grab? Or an Essential Site Safety Technology?

ENR Construction

Motorists groups and taxpayer advocates write that highway work zone speed cameras are a corrupt enterprise designed to defraud motorists, while contractors and DOTs tout their effectiveness at stopping accidents. What if both are partially correct?

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How Winter Weather Can Hamper Productivity In Hazardous Working Zones

Constructonomics

As temperatures start to plummet, work on construction and industrial sites can become more hazardous and dangerous by several orders of magnitude – whether it’s frozen equipment and supplies, bitter cold hampering your workers or the weather making even the simplest tasks a potential accident nightmare.

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Highway Work-Zone Safety Survey Shows Worrisome Trends

ENR Construction

More than 60% of respondents say accidents occurred at their firms' highway jobsites.

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Reckless Driver Kills Worker in Construction Zone, Injures Another

Construction Equipment

A construction worker was killed and another injured after being struck by a car in a construction zone on Michigan’s U.S. Manistee County police told the Detroit Free Press a 20-year-old Pentwater worker was standing off road with a 23-year-old worker from Ludington when the accident occured.…

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DOH Worker Killed in Work Zone Accident

Construction Equipment

A state Division of Highways (DOH) worker was killed in a work zone after being struck by an “out-of-control” vehicle in Wood County, W.V., reports WVMetroNews. Police said Randall W. Bland, 49, died of serious leg injuries and seven other people were taken to hospitals including a second DOH worker who was treated for shock.

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W. Va. Worker Killed in Work Zone Accident

Construction Equipment

A West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) worker was killed in a work zone after being struck by an “out-of-control” vehicle in Wood County, reports WVMetroNews. Police said Randall W. Bland, 49, died of serious leg injuries and seven other people were taken to hospitals including a second DOH worker who was treated for shock.

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Driver Dies After Crashing Into Crane

Construction Equipment

One person is dead after an accident in a construction zone along Highway 360 in Arlington, Texas. Police are still investigating the incident that happened on February 9 just before 2:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the highway, according to a report by CBS Dallas Local. A road crew had closed…