20th Annual National Work Zone Awareness Week
& Georgia Struck-By Alliance Safety Stand Down

Work Zone Safety: Everybody's Responsibility

April 8-12, 2019

• 2019 Flagging Safety Tips Fact Sheet
• 2019 Work Zone Safety Tips Fact Sheet
• Georgia Struck-By Fact Sheet
• GA DOT Work Zone Fact Sheet
• Tips for Traveling Safely in Work Zones power point
• Videos from GA DOT, including Summer Construction Preview  and What Work Zone Safety Means to GDOT
• Suggestions to Prepare for a Successful Stand Down
• Exit Survey

This stand down was hosted on 1,426 jobsites across the nation and reached over 17,895 field employees.
 

What is a Stand Down?
Companies who know the value of safety training use a Safety Stand Down to stop all work and provide a focused safety meeting on one particular topic. These types of meetings provide effective communication of safety policies, goals and expectations through all levels of a team. 

OSHA believes there is tremendous value in committing 30 minutes to one hour of your day's work to talk about safety, leading to increased employee safety morale. Stopping work to talk about safety brings it to the forefront of everyone's mind! 

How to Conduct a Safety Stand Down and FAQ's 
Companies can conduct a Safety Stand Down by taking a break to have a toolbox talk or another safety activity such as conducting safety equipment inspections, developing rescue plans, or discussing job specific hazards.  Managers are encouraged to plan a stand down that works best for their workplace.

Who can participate?
Participants may include employer's trade associations, federal, state and local governmental agencies, professional societies, institutes, and consumer/labor-management interest organizations, sub-and independent contractors.

Share your story with us
If you want to share information on your Safety Stand Down or suggestions on how we can improve future initiatives like this, please send your email to watson@agcga.org.  Don't forget photos from your worksites!

OSHA Struck-By Alliance Overview
OSHA, Georgia Department of Transportation, Georgia Federal Highway Administration, Georgia Highway Contractors Association, Georgia Utility Contractors Association (GUCA), Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, Georgia Tech Research Institute, 3M, Associated General Contractors of Georgia, Inc. (AGC Georgia), Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Georgia Power, Construction Education Foundation of Georgia (CEFGA), Pike Electric, National Safety Council - Georgia Chapter, Ansco & Associates, and the Governor's Office of Highway Safety formed an Alliance to share their collective expertise and to foster a culture of injury and illness prevention focused on the prevention of work zone and struck-by hazards.