WHAT’S AT STAKE Every year, more than 100 workers across North America die and thousands more are injured in highway work zones—areas where road construction, maintenance or utility work is being undertaken. WHAT’S THE DANGER Workers in highway work zones are at risk not only of being struck by passing highway traffic; they also face the possibility of being hit by mobile equipment. In fact, nearly half of the worker fatalities in highway work zones are attributable to construction equipment contacting workers on foot. Motorists passing through highway work zones must, by law, obey all signs and signals, but it’s obvious that many do […]