The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), Parsons Brinckerhoff, Pavement Consultants Inc and OTW Safety. Would like you to know that there’s still time to register for two informative airfield construction workshops that will be held in Denver, Colorado that will help you prepare for construction activities at your airport. Read More
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Fatal Injuries in work zones and the Dew Tour
Monday, August 29th, 2011According to the Bureau of labor statistics in 2010 over half of the fatal occupational injuries in the United States were caused by workers being struck by vehicles. What if you could cut the total number of fatal occupational injuries by over half by simply implying a safer and more advanced system to mark areas where employees are working near moving traffic? Read More
Dew Tour Portland Invitational
Friday, August 19th, 2011
This past week OTW Safety had the opportunity to attend the Dew Tour Portland Invitational to see the MB42x72 JSS-LCD in action at the BMX Dirt Event. Read More
ATSSA Hails Decade of Action for Road Safety Efforts to Decrease Global Roadway Deaths
Friday, May 13th, 2011Today, the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) hailed the efforts of the entire Decade of Action for Road Safety Steering Committee. The Steering Committee is comprised of ATSSA, FIA Foundation, Association for Safe International Road Travel, and the National Organizations for Youth Safety. Read More
BEST PRACTICES IN WORK ZONE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Operations has released a brochure that summarizes information on practices found during a scanning tour that explored how state agencies are planning for, monitoring, and managing work zone performance. The brochure includes the key findings, challenges, and recommendations from the March 2010 scan. Read More
Functional Fitness Time
Thursday, May 5th, 2011Now that the weather is warming up for us it is time to hit the pools and beaches. If you’re anything like me you probably put some pounds on over the winter, tell myself its to keep warm. Either way it is time to get that beach body back, I have recently had a lot of friends tell me about this crossfit functional fitness stuff. Read More
What Does Your Barricade’s Carbon Footprint Look Like?
Monday, April 4th, 2011
Plastic barricades made from recycled plastic carry a much smaller carbon footprint than its clunky predecessor, the steel barricade. When your steel barricade is manufactured it goes through a process called galvanization. The galvanization process has been linked worldwide to environmental hazards. Read More
Yes Our CO1 Airfield Construction Warning Light is Made in China
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Yes. That’s right, this product is made in China. We have tried our hardest to make all of our products in the USA, but we have had no luck with this particular part. The primary reason is that there are no US manufacturers of LED’s. The FTC uses an “all or virtually all” standard when determining whether a company can make an unqualified or qualified Made in USA claim. Read More
Burton Chill Program
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
OTW Safety is always looking for ways to be involved in the community and we try to give back as much as we possibly can. One of our favorite ways to give back to our community is through the Burton Chill Program. Each year, we take about 75-100 underserved youth from the Salt Lake area to our local mountain. Read More