WHAT’S AT STAKE?

You may work around construction sites or encounter backhoes, loaders, compactors and cranes in your neighborhood or along highways. Staying safe near heavy mobile machines takes attention and effort, even if you don’t operate equipment.

WHAT’S THE DANGER?

Encounters with heavy equipment have killed many pedestrians and motorists. Collisions often happen because most heavy equipment has a blind spot where the operator cannot see part of the surroundings. The person on foot or driver assumes the operator knows he or she is there, then the machine moves or turns unexpectedly and the passerby doesn’t stand a chance. When an unauthorized […]