Safety Aspects in Road Construction Projects, Study of Safety Measures used by Workers at Site

Road construction industry has wide expansion growth in the world particularly in past few years. The India’s road network is, in need of extensive construction, reconstruction and maintenance of constructed roads. High traffic rush on roads runs to be safe with minimum time take to reach at their destinations as well as the road construction workers are to be safe during working and playing of traffic. The scope of safety in road construction is to be standardize and develop before starting, during construction and after completion of road project. This road safety study is to identify the critical safety practices in major accident areas with the safety of construction workers. The provision of minimum safety standards is mentioned in IRC: SP: 55-2014 “GUIDLINE ON TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN WORK ZONS. This is for making the road route smooth with advance information so road users can understand the road features easily by seeing the advance sign boards, cautionary board, road marking and blinkers etc. Many suggestions have been made by researchers for improvement of safety measures during execution of projects and after completion to road users.