Safety

This half-hour lesson addresses safety around snowplows. It is designed for 2nd and 3rd grade children and was produced by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and the Local Road Research Board (LRRB).

This program covers some of the safety hazards you'll find on typical grading sites, from clearing and grubbing to final grading. Emphasis is on personal responsibility for safety and awareness of the hazards.
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This award-winning program is the introductory program in the Highway Work Zone Safety series. It shows five accident simulations based on typical safety problems found in highway work zones.
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Humorist Captain Jack Parker walks you through the eight rules for safety, providing useful information about the equipment, and guidance for working with and around different pieces of construction equipment.

Traffic Control Safety: Understand the proper procedures for installing and maintaining effective traffic control through a highway work zone. Learn to recognize dangerous situations and increase awareness of potential hazards while performing work assignments.
Utility Safety in Work Zones: Learn to recognize the marking indicators and dangers of the five major utilities-gas, telecommunications, electric, water, and sewer. Also reviews the consequences of disruptions.

This video provides a brief overview of how to prepare the vehicle for harsh winter weather, describes several driving situations that require special attention and explains how to handle common winter driving problems. It consists of 2 segments.

This video program covers safe selection, installation and removal of trench shields and boxes based on OSHA excavation standards.

Provides an understanding of trench hazards--and how to prevent cave-ins.

Provides basic trenching and shoring safety guidelines. The practical safeguards covered can help prevent needless casualties.