The Alabama Struck-By Alliance has far reaching goals, from making employees aware of the hazards in their working environment; to training OSHAs compliance officers to understand MUTCD; to working with contractors to make their jobsites a safer place for employees to work; and to making drivers education students and motorists aware of the dangers involved in roadway work zones. 

The Alliance strives to make construction employers,
employees, and motorists, aware of the hazards involved in roadway work zones in Alabama.

AlabamaAGC is signatory to the Alabama Struck-By Alliance with OSHA along with several other associations in an attempt to address the serious issue of struck-by fatalities in work zones. An alliance is a special OSHA program that allows industry to collaborate with OSHA in a non-enforcement arena. Alliance goals include training and education, outreach and communication and the promotion of a national dialogue on workplace safety and health. 

Since 2001, the Alliance has grown to include the following entities:

      Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA -Alabama  Offices)
      Alabama - Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.
      Alabama Road Builders Association, Inc.
      Safe State of Alabama
      Alabama Department of Transportation
      The Federal Highway Administration Alabama Division
      3M Corporation
      Lamar Outdoor Advertising
      Alabama T-2 Center - Auburn University 
      Alabama Power Company
      PESCA
      Alabama Asphalt Association
      Alabama Associated Building Contractors
      Mobile Gas - A Sempra Company
     

The Alabama Struck-By Alliance began in 2001 when Paul Weaver, President of H.O. Weaver & Sons, Inc. in Mobile, was discussing a fatal struck-by accident with the Mobile OSHA Area Director, Lana Graves. She suggested he contact the local trade associations he was involved with to form an Alliance, which could provide desperately needed struck-by training to contractors statewide. Weaver, a Past President of Alabama Road Builders Association and a member of AlabamaAGC began talking with these groups. The group immediately grew to include SafeState of Alabama, ALDOT, and 3M Corp. 

The newly formed Alliance worked together and soon developed a training seminar which could be utilized across the state to educate hundreds of contractors and ALDOT employees. The training seminar included presentations which addressed several areas of concern.
OSHA discussed fatality data for Struck-By accidents and therefore the need for training;
AlabamaAGC presented training on traffic control planning; 
 ALDOT discussed the implementation of MUTCD requirements; 
 Safe State of Alabama discussed their free consultation services and the need for
   training in and out of the work zone; and
 3M discussed ANSI Standard 107-1999 and the need for retro-reflective clothing. 

Nine separate seminars were held throughout the state with the final seminar, video taped by Alabama Technology Center at Auburn University. Alabama Technology Center then produced CDs for the Alliance members to distribute to their memberships and other interested parties.

In 2004, Lamar Advertising joined the Alliance. During Work Zone Awareness Week Lamar provided Billboards around the State boasting the slogan Slow Down Moms and Dads Work Here. Over 55 Billboards were posted with an estimated 62,892,000 viewers over a three month period.

In 2005, the Alliance continued ongoing projects and engaged in new activities. 

Alliance member AlabamaT2 Center trained ALDOT workers in the correct implementation of the MUTCD requirements. 

Alliance members, AlabamaT2 Center and 3M, are working together in an effort to create a Hazard Assessment Document which can be used by Contractors to help assess the hazards on their jobsites.

During 2005, Alliance contractor members participated in a "Wear Test on Retro-reflective T-Shirts" which was conducted by 3M. 

Alliance Members participated in the first Alabama - Federal Highway Summit. 

Alliance members supported "National Work Zone Safety Week" in 2005 and 2006  by assimilating information to contractors and others statewide. The Alliance created a safety brochure which was distributed throughout the State. Members of the committee also participated in several local and statewide TV outreach efforts during the week. 

Since 2005, the Alliance has participated in National Work Zone Safety Week.  Each year Lamar Advertising has donated the artwork and billboards to have a safety message posted on our highways throughout Alabama. 

Post Hurricane Efforts:

In response to the Alliance's interest in highway work zone safety, Alliance member AlabamaT2 has applied for a grant which will allow them to identify commonalities between the interaction between construction workers in highway work zones and the motoring public in Alabama.

This spring, Alliance members were instrumental in initiating a free Construction Safety Conference which focused on the needs of workers engaged in post hurricane construction.

Through grants provided to Georgia Tech and Construction Safety Council, the Alliance has been able to help host and advertise additional free safety training for workers engaged in post-hurricane construction along the Coast. 

Alabama Power Co. and PESCA joined the Alliance. 

In 2008, the Alliance participants developed a DVD on work zone safety that is shown at rest areas throughout Alabama. The DVD features information on work zone hazards, the Alabama Struck-By Alliance, Alabamas efforts to reduce injuries in work zones, and data on work zone accidents. The DVD also highlights the impact of work zone accidents on employees, their families, and drivers. A copy of the DVD was provided to the Georgia Struck-By Alliance to assist efforts to reduce work zone accidents in Georgia.

Lamar Outdoor Advertising has provided billboards throughout Alabama since 2005 featuring work zone safety messages. More than 300,000 people a day viewed these billboards during the 2008 National Work Zone Awareness Week in April 2008. In addition, the Alabama Power Company and other Alliance participants supported the 2008 National Work Zone Awareness Week by providing litter bags with work zone safety tips at rest areas through Alabama.

Alliance participants also continued to provide training on work zone safety. For example, Alliance participants worked with the Construction Safety Council to present three Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) training courses to an estimated 90 employers and employees in 2008. The Alliance has provided work zone safety training for 249 students (as of November 2008).

Alabama Asphalt Association joined the Alliance in October of 2008.

2009  - National Work Zone  Safety Week - April 6th - 10th
Billboards  were posted by Lamar Advertisingthroughout the state encouraging motorists to
 "Put down the Phone" while driving through Work Zones.
Read Press Release

The following companies joined the Alliance in 2009:

• Mobile Gas - A Sempra Company

• Alabama Associated Builders & Contractors
   
   

Motorists are  being encouraged to Drive without Distractions!!!
"Work Zones Need Our Undivided Attention."

for more information on Work Zone Safety:
www.atssa.com
www.workzonesafety.org.

Appreciation is extended  to those firms who participated in 
National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week - April 23-27, 2012 
The topic was Distracted Driving.  Over 13,000 employees participated in our 
Work Zone Awareness Safety Stand Down

It's not too late to make an impact:
Download the Presentation in a PDF format
to use in your next Tool Box Safety Talk.

Appreciation is extended to
Lamar Advertising for providing Billboards throughout the state.


The video in the link below has been making the rounds on the internet.
The video was supposedly taken by a State Troopers dash camera.
Allegedly, during the investigation, an unsent text message
was found on the drivers phone.
The video only takes a few seconds to view; but it is worth viewing.
http://rmirror.net/r/videos/comments/q5hu9/car_accident_nsfl/