National Transportation Safety Board Safety Recommendation: H-06-24
This safety recommendation, addressed to Mr. Thomas E. Norton, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Transportation, addresses State oversight of highway contractors and subcontractors. The recommendation is derived from the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB's) investigation of a passenger vehicle collision with a fallen overhead bridge girder that occurred in Golden, Colorado, on May 15, 2004, resulting in three fatalities. The NTSB makes the following recommendation to the Colorado Department of Transportation: (H-06-24) Require your State highway and transportation department supervisory construction personnel to actively supervise and monitor safety-critical work being accomplished by contract workers. As a minimum, State supervisory personnel should 1) prequalify all subcontractors performing safety-critical work on highway projects and 2) intervene when a contractor or subcontractor exhibits a lack of competence.
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Corporate Authors:
National Transportation Safety Board
490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC United States 20594 -
Authors:
- Rosenker, Mark V
- Publication Date: 2006-6-29
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Pagination: 15p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bracing; Construction; Construction management; Contractors; Crashes; Design; Falsework; Fatalities; Formwork; Girders; Monitoring; Overpasses; Recommendations; Subcontractors; Supervision
- Identifier Terms: Colorado Department of Transportation
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I80: Accident Studies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01095889
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Apr 30 2008 2:23PM