HIGHWAY WORK ZONE SAFETY

Construction Equipment Visibility

Below you will find various resources related to Construction Equipment Blind Areas.

Evaluation of Devices to Prevent Construction Equipment Backing Incidents
SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress and Exhibition (Oct. 26-28, 2004; Chicago, IL). Paper 2004-01-2725; :10 pp

Final Report – Blind Area Study for Large Mining Equipment (2006) [PDF – 6.89 MB]
This document, delivered to NIOSH from John Steele, consists of blind area diagrams for 5 pieces of large off-road mining equipment developed under contract 200-2005-M-12695.

Construction Vehicle and Equipment Blind Area Diagrams, 2 (2004) [PDF – 9.52 MB]
This document, delivered to NIOSH from Caterpillar Inc., consists of the blind area diagrams developed under contract 200-2002-00563. Within the report are blind area diagrams for 14 construction vehicles and equipment.

Construction Vehicle and Equipment Blind Area Diagrams (2003) [PDF – 8.93 MB]
This document, delivered to NIOSH from Caterpillar Inc., consists of the blind area diagrams developed under contract 200-2002-00563. Within the report are blind area diagrams for 24 various construction vehicles and equipment.

ISO 5006:2006
Earth-Moving Machinery – Operator’s Field of View – Test Method and Performance Criteria

ISO 14401-1:2004
Earth-Moving Machinery – Field of Visions of Surveillance and Rear-View Mirrors – Part 1: Test Methods

ISO 3411:1995
Earth-Moving Machinery – Human Physical Dimensions of Operators and Minimum Operator Space Envelope

ISO 5353:1995
Earth-Moving Machinery, and Tractors and Machinery for Agriculture and Forestry – Seat Index Point