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Toll Facility Safety Study Report to Congress Appendix G – Agency Workshop / Workshop Ratings Participants of the June 25/26 Toll Facility Safety Study Workshop were asked to review each of the safety strategies that the study team had uncovered throughout the course of this study. The team presented the strategies in 7 categories and the 20 participants were asked to select and rank 3 strategies within each category that they believed would have the greatest potential to improve safety for both workers and customers at toll plazas. The tables that follow present the workshop findings. Each table represents one category; the categories of challenges include: Worker Exposure to Vehicles; Environmental Issues; Ergonomics; Assault 13 ; Merging and Lane Changing; Speeding; and Driver Confusion and Distraction. Note that the categories presented in the workshop differ slightly from the categories presented in this report. The table titles indicate the category names as presented at the workshop while a footnote below each table indicates the title of the category as presented in Section 4 of this report. The results are ranked by the number of participants who selected the strategy as among the top three most effective strategies to improve safety in that category. The strategies are listed in the first column, followed by the number and percent of participants who thought it would be the most effective, second most effective, and third most effective. The last two columns show the number and percentage of respondents who selected the strategy as one of the top three most effective in that particular category of strategies. For example, for the first strategy listed as a potential option for addressing safety issues resulting from merging and lane changing behavior, 15 participants (75 percent) indicated that this was the strategy with the greatest potential to improve safety for workers and customers at toll plazas. Three respondents thought this would be the second most effective strategy, resulting in 90 percent of respondents selecting this as one of the top three strategies to consider when addressing safety issues resulting from merging and lane changing behaviors. Much of the information gathered through the agency workshop is presented, together with a synthesis of the site visits and interviews, in Section 4, Findings – Factors Affecting Safety at Toll Plazas. 13 Note that data for the category entitled “Assault” was not able to be retained from the system due to a power outage that occurred during the workshop. Appendix G – Agency Workshop / Workshop Ratings Page G-1
Toll Facility Safety Study Report to Congress Improving Safety Issues Associated with Worker Exposure to Vehicles 14 Strategies Number of participants who identified this strategy as the most effective in this group. Require workers to make eye contact with motorists when crossing. Require workers to wear vests at all times. Locate all dedicated-ETC lanes to the far left of the plaza so that collectors can avoid crossing these lanes. Require workers to signal their intention to the approaching driver and to wait for confirmation from that driver. Require the use of attenuator trucks for all maintenance work requiring a lane closure. Use signs to warn motorists about the potential for workers crossing (e.g., a pedestrian crossing sign at the plaza or a “SLOW DOWN, PROTECT OUR WORKERS” sign). Use “ManSaver bars” to slow collectors down while crossing the plaza. Do not allow workers to cross ETC lanes. % Number of participants who identified this strategy as the second most effective in this group. % Number of participants who identified this strategy as the third most effective in this group. % Number of participants who identified this strategy as one of the top three most effective strategies in this group. 8 40% 4 20% 0 0% 12 60% 2 10% 3 15% 1 5% 6 30% 4 20% 0 0% 1 5% 5 25% 2 10% 1 5% 2 10% 5 25% 1 5% 0 0% 4 20% 5 25% 1 5% 0 0% 4 20% 5 25% 1 5% 2 10% 1 5% 4 20% 2 10% 2 10% 0 0% 4 20% 14 Note that strategies discussed here are presented in Section 4 of this report in the category of “Improving Worker Safety when Accessing Toll Booths.” Appendix G – Agency Workshop / Workshop Ratings Page G-1 %
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