working roadside and safety

[Eric_E]

Tom,

Yes, like Jack says above. I believe it is for any public road and most of the states just use the federal standard. Your campus roads would be private roads but i think an attorney could still win a lawsuit there.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Oh, I don't disagree with following the highest set of standards. That's always good policy if there isn't another set of standards at hand.

What's legally required and what could be found lacking in a civil suit are two different issues.

When I consider dualities in legal issues my reference is to consider how well I could face Jack McCoy:Law and Order If I can't stop Jack then I will think long and hard about what I'm doing.

 

[frashdog]

I flagged for 6 months state roads fema storm cleanup.
Never trust drivers, always plan an exit (over guard rail)

On 55mph rds we stopped traffic.
Empty tractor trailers are hard to stop. So give people room. Seen a few tractor trailer drivers swinging their smoking hopping trailers out as they pass the stop point as I climb over guard rail.

So look at lay of road corners hills, place flaggers appropriately.

Working on site biggest danger I saw was crew feeding chippers on traffic side backs up to avoid limb in face right into road a cars passing.

In slower non stopping traffic sites,I like to set a cone or few that I can see out of the corner of my eye to stop myself and delineate the work zone for drivers.