Course Introduction

Road construction workers on both highways and city streets are at risk of fatal or serious injuries. The majority of road work takes place in congested areas with exposure to high traffic volumes and speeds. Workers may also deal with low lighting, low visibility, and inclement weather conditions. Moving construction vehicles and passing motor vehicle traffic can both cause problems for road construction workers.

This course discusses important ways to protect yourself, your co-workers, pedestrians, and motorists in a road construction zone.

Course Components

Once you complete this course, you will have knowledge in the following components:

• roadway worker risks
• equipment operator risk factors
• temporary traffic control plans
• working at night
• protecting workers in work zones
• blind spot hazards
• backing safety solutions
• spotting hand signals

Modules

To begin your training, click on the module links below. If you are just starting this course, you should start with module 1.

1. Roadway Worker Risks
2. Blind Spot Safety

Please login to your student dashboard to access and download this FREE course PDF studyguide. You can save this study guide to your computer for offline studying, or print the study guide if you prefer.

Course 612 Final Exam

After studying the course material and answering the quiz questions, it is time to take the final exam. We highly recommend answering the module quiz questions to check your understanding of the course material. The final exam questions are typically developed from these quiz questions.

OSHAcademy course final exams are designed to make sure students have gained a sufficient understanding of the content covered within each course. To help demonstrate this understanding, students must achieve a passing score on course final exams. It is OSHAcademy's policy to protect the integrity of our exams: as a result, we do not provide missed questions to students.

This is an open book exam. Students are permitted to use a separate browser window to review course content while taking the exam. If you do not pass a final exam, you will see a "Retake Exam" button next to the course on your student dashboard.

If you have already paid for your certificate

If you have already paid for certificates, your exam score will be displayed on your student dashboard after successfully passing the final exam. If you chose PDF certificates, you can view and print your certificate and personal transcript from your student dashboard. If you chose original printed documents, they will be prepared and mailed to the address in your student account.

If you only want free training

OSHAcademy provides free access to all training materials, including course modules, practice quizzes, exercises, and final exams. However, exam scores, certificates, and transcripts are provided only if you purchase a certificate package to document your training. If you do not require official training documentation, we will archive your exam results should you decide to purchase official certificates later.

Take the Final Exam

Endnotes

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). Highway Work Zone Safety. www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/highwayworkzones/

2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014a). Highway Work Zone Safety: Construction Equipment Visibility. Retrieved from: www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/highwayworkzones/bad/default.html

3. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (2014). Preventing Backovers. Retrieved from: www.osha.gov/doc/topics/backover/regulation.html

4. State of Washington. (2009) Road Construction Work Zone Safety (PowerPoint slides). Retrieved from: wisha-training.lni.wa.gov/training/presentations/WorkZoneSafetyRoadConstruction.pps

Additional Resources

• Highway Work Zones and Signs, Signals, and Barricades
• Fatal Occupational Injuries at Road Construction Sites
• Work Zone Mobility and Safety Program