Essentiality of Traffic Management Plans in the Workplace

by Risk C. Enterprise Risk Management Consultant

traffic management plans

The traffic management plans is a document that includes the details of the activities on the road corridor will be carried out so that it can minimize the inconvenience and they help ensure the road users and the workers remain as safe as possible.

Traffic management plan

It is the site-specific plan which covers the design, and the removal of temporary traffic management measures while the activity is carried out on the road corridor including the road, footpath or berm. The plan details may also include road users including cyclists and pedestrians. They are directed around the worksite, accident or other temporary road disruption that is to minimize the inconvenience while providing safe conditions for both the road users and those carrying other activities on the roadsides. There are so many workplaces require the traffic management plans from the business to the big industries like;

· Manufacturing sites and loading docks

· Shopping malls and the children’s park car parks

· Multi-level car parks

· Internal traffic management in the warehousing and manufacturing unit

· Construction the site and even in event planning

The need for a traffic management plan

While there is an emergency need there, you will be looking for the traffic management plan to resolve the traffic problems, for any activity, it changes the normal operating conditions of any part of the road corridor. For example, it will prevent;

· Normal pedestrian access along the footpath

· Normal use of vehicle parking lane or vehicle driving

How to develop a traffic management plan

Here are some of the points in how to develop the traffic management plan;

· Identify the collision points through mapping out the pedestrian's regular routes and you have to see where they overlap with the vehicles. At the same time, you have to consider the entry, exit, pick-up, and drop-off points.

· Consider the traffic flow of the target site by mapping out all the possible elements of mobile plants and vehicles.

· Identify the safest routes; you have to find the safest routes to be taken by the vehicles and pedestrians.

Identification of the hazardous point

Identify the the hazardous area around traffic in the workplace will be the first step to reduce the risk of the collision using traffic management plans. The control measures should be taken in the hazardous area to promote the safety of the people. So in this thing, you have to understand the risks are and how to prevent or minimize the safety issues. You can able to find the patterns and the specific danger zones from analyzing the records that made over the years. Spend some of the time to observe the things that happening around before planning the traffic management plan, through proper observation you can improve the safety level of the people.

Tips to minimize the collision through the traffic management planning

Here are some of the tips to minimize the accidental rate of the target site you can make use of those tips mentioned below;

· Ensure that all of the drivers are authorized with the proper driver's license to drive their specific vehicles

· Ensure that each worker around the target site is familiar with the traffic management plans and provides them with sufficient instructions, training and supervision.

· Install the necessary tools in the site to aware the people such as boom gates, pedestrians’ walkways and bollards, to eradicate the risk or to reduce the risk rate. The tools like;

· Flashing lights and the reverse alarms are placed

· Convex mirrors at the interactions and the corners

· Safety signage

· High visibility fluorescent clothing

· Floor marks and safety cones, especially for the temporary traffic changes

· Clearly marked hazards symbols such as ductwork and cabling

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