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Work Zone Safety and
Traffic Control
Work
Zone Safety in Maine
The
MUTCD (http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/
) (Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices) serves as the national, state, and local standard
for traffic control during all operations on public streets and
highways in the United States .
These minimum standards apply to all public roads regardless
of type, class, or agency having jurisdiction over them. It's
important that the driving public sees and reacts to similar traffic
control devices whether there is a local or State road crew, a utility
truck, a contractor's crew, emergency vehicles, etc. working in
a public way.
Part
6 of the MUTCD is entitled "Temporary Traffic Control". It provides
the minimum standards for work zones relative to the "parts" of
a work zone, pedestrian and worker safety, flagger control, traffic
control devices and their applications, and traffic control plans.
Online copy can be found at http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part6/part6_toc.htm.
Soft
cover copies can be purchased through ATSSA (www.atssa.com
).
In
addition, the MaineDOT's Local Roads Center has a softcover version of Part1, 5 and 6 for $10.00 and a handy pocket sized
abridged version of the MUTCD Part 6 for $2.00.
To order a copy email us at
local.web@maine.gov
or call us at 1-800-498-9133 ( Maine
only).
For public agencies in Maine, the State Bureau of Labor Standards is actively enforcing the occupational safety and health standards in all Maine public workplaces. One of the requirements is that all public employees must have work zone training if they will be working in or near the roadway. For instance, when they come to review compliance in a certain municipality, they will be looking for evidence of work zone training along with many other programs and trainings. The entire list can be seen in their checklist found in Directive 12-05 at this site: http://www.maine.gov/labor/workplace_safety/compliancedirectives/index.shtml
Additional Information
This page last updated on
4/11/12
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