For a highway construction worker, focusing on the job is easier when someone is watching your back. On many roads, that person is the flagger, whose stop/slow sign helps maintain a peaceful, safe ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The diamond-shaped orange caution signs as you approach them still show a silhouette of a human worker holding a flag, and maybe they always will. But increasingly, the ...

RIPPON, W.Va. — Kathy Ruth was killed while performing flagging operations at a work zone near near the Jefferson County community of Rippon on April 4, 2024. The motorist responsible was convicted of ...

Q: It is pretty obvious that when a flagger puts up a stop or slow-down sign, we are expected, if not required, to obey. Is this based on some Pennsylvania statute, or is it merely customary? More ...

Worker safety is enhanced since the operator can select a safe location that gives a clear view of all aspects of the work zone. These rugged, simple-to-operate Automated Flagger Assistance Devices ...

For traffic flaggers on road-construction sites, losing your job to a machine is better than losing your life. Tuesday, the state Department of Transportation (DOT) began testing an automated flagging ...

Some of the people who direct traffic in Okanagan construction zones are holding a rally this Saturday. Rally co-organizer, Allison Morris, says flaggers will gather at about 9:30 a.m. along Highway ...

DENVER — A son is mourning the loss of his father who was hit and killed on the job while working in a construction zone on Tuesday in the River North Arts District. For Jose Ocampo Jr., it’s hard to ...

BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP -- A flagger directing traffic in Susquehanna County was hit by a vehicle on Monday. A contractor was working on a paving project on Route 29 just outside Montrose Monday morning ...

A woman charged with running over two Burnaby construction flaggers with her SUV more than two years ago has been found not criminally responsible. A Dec 17, 2019, decision found that 38-year-old ...