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Strategy Description
Escort employees across
lanes.
Crosswalks
Strategically locate
crosswalks.
Paint pedestrian
crosswalks at the plaza.
Warnings to Employees
Use ManSaver TM Bars to
slow collectors down
while crossing the plaza,
possibly with chains at the
sides of the crossing area
to channelize workers.
A small number of agencies have, or have
considered, a police escort or crossing guard
for crossing lanes.
Carefully consider the location of crosswalks
(i.e., upstream of the booth to provide
improved sight lines, downstream of the
booth so that vehicles stop prior to crossing,
or well downstream of the booth to provide
for longer stopping distance) to encourage
workers to cross where most appropriate for
the environment at that particular plaza.
Designed to warn the public and to ensure
that workers cross at the same dedicated
location.
These bars, patterned after those used on fire
trucks, require a worker to stop and lift the
bar to enter a lane but to easily push to exit.
Rankings from Workshop
Participants and Comments on
Effectiveness 20
Effective at reducing worker risk, but
very cost prohibitive.
One agency that has implemented this
strategy reports that in 42 years, no
employee has been hit while crossing a
lane.
Was not selected as a top three strategy to
mitigate worker exposure by any of the
workshop participants. Ranked last
(tied).
Two workshop participants selected this
in their ranking of the top 3 most
effective strategies for reducing worker
exposure, placing the overall ranking of
this strategy toward the middle of the 30
strategies considered.
Effectiveness is somewhat dependent on
plaza configuration.
Encourages collectors to cross at a
consistent location.
Ranked 9 th (tied) of 30 strategies
considered by workshop participants for
reducing driver exposure.
Ranked 7 th (tied) of 30 strategies
considered by workshop participants for
reducing worker exposure.
Concerns / Constraints
Very cost prohibitive.
May simply expose another employee.
May be constrained by physical layout of
plaza.
Need to be re-painted periodically.
May give the collector a false sense of
security.
Some concerns that they may be difficult
to open when workers’ hands are full.
Chains may hinder a quick escape in the
event of an emergency.
Adding bar or chains may pose a hazard
in that collectors’ bags and/or clothing
may get caught as they are crossing.
Appendix H – Strategies H-4