Industry Best Practices - Road Safety 2

Workers are required to attend safety and health training, and follow the safety and health rules and safe work procedures of the workplace.

Workers must

• Care for and use required safety equipment, clothing and devices properly

• Be alert and aware of their surroundings 9 Use of personal electronic devices, including cell phones and other music or media players while working is prohibited

• Use an effective means of communicating with other flagpersons when visibility is poor or obstructed

• Hold, and carry with them, a valid flagperson’s training certificate if performing the duties of a flagperson

Fluorescent yellow-green flagperson ahead signs are used to indicate the prescence of flagpersons at road or highway construction sites. This sign must be turned down or covered when no flagperson is on duty.