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US 287 chip sealing scheduled north of Lander LANDER – The $6.89 million Lander concrete rehabilitation project/US 287 pavement overlay project continued and chip sealing north of Lander began Aug. 23. Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Erik Smith said chip sealing is scheduled between mileposts 10 and 24.17 (beginning at Blue Sky Highway north of Lander just past WYO 132’s intersection with US 287, and through Fort Washakie and to the end of the new pavement overlay).
The $6.89 million US 287 (Lander Main Street Americans with Disabilities Act improvements and concrete rehabilitation, and US 287 pavement overlay) project is 16.2 miles in length, between the Main Street/Buena Vista intersection in Lander, and north of Lander through Fort Washakie. The project includes concrete grinding, concrete joint sealing, asphalt paving, chip sealing, and curb, gutter and ADA ramp repairs.
WYDOT/Fremont County project, Burma Road cattle guard removal RIVERTON – Removal of a cattle guard disrupted traffic patterns at WYO 789’s intersection with Burma Road on
Aug. 18, north of Riverton. WYDOT and the Fremont County Transportation Department were collaborating on the project to permanently remove the cattle guard at the Burma Road/WYO 789 intersection. The cattle guard removal project began about 8:30 a.m. and commuters were able to use Burma Road without delays to get to work in Riverton on Aug. 18. “We’re hoping this will be a one-day project,” said Riverton Maintenance Foreman Shane Pugh. “We appreciate everyone’s patience.” Pugh said motorists are encouraged to detour on Young Road to WYO 789, though there was a rough detour at the Burma Road/WYO 789 intersection. n
Employee Safety Eye and Face Protection
By April Patrick and Todd DePorter, Employee Safety Recently, a WYDOT employee was using a grinder to grind down a weld, and a piece of metal shard flew into the employee’s eye. This resulted with the employee having to seek medical attention to remove the shard. This could have been prevented if the employee had been wearing both a face shield and protective eyewear. In this case, the employee was only wearing safety glasses, which did not prevent the shard from flying under the glasses and into his eye. Per Personal Policy 8-17, face and eye protection are required when employees are performing potentially hazardous workplace activities or in the vicinity of such activities. Take the right steps to protect your eyes and face. 1. Review your Job Safety Analysis prior to beginning work to identify any eye or face hazards. 2. Inspect your eye and face protection devices to ensure they are still serviceable and that you can see clearly through them. 3. Replace broken or ineffective eye and face protection. Finally, for those employees who wear prescription eyewear, take advantage of WYDOT’s Prescription Protective Eyewear service. See the next page for more information. If you have any questions, please contact Employee Safety at dot-employee-safety@wyo.gov.
Prescription Protective Eyewear
Are you exposed to eye hazards performing your daily job duties? • Speak with your supervisor to determine the need for prescription safety eyewear. Supervisors will assess the eye and face hazards associated with the employee’s duties to determine if the employee qualifies. • The Supervisor should complete the Prescription Eyewear Protection Request (PEPR) Google Form on Employee Safe-
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ty’s intranet web page for any employee that encounters even minor eye or face hazards. • Once the employee receives their order form from Employee Safety, they can arrange for the review of sample frames with the Point of Contact (POC) of their choice, found on the Employees Safety Intranet web page. Personnel Policy 8-17: • Employee Safety pays for one set of safety eyewear every two years through our authorized vendor (Eagle Safety Eyewear). • Once you receive your order form, follow these three easy steps. 1. Schedule a visit with a POC to view/select frames and if your prescription is for bifocals, trifocals, or Progressives, checkout frames to take to your vision provider to get the segment height. 2. Get an updated prescription and PD measurement from your vision provider (if older than 2 years or if it changes frequently). 3. Follow the instructions on your order form and submit to Eagle Safety Eyewear using the provided contact information. • Detailed information and additional resources are available on the WYDOT Employees Website under Employee Safety > Prescription Safety Eyewear. n
