Asphalt Pavement Magazine, Nov / Dec 2011
By Mike Acott
The asphalt pavement industry has taken a proactive approach to promoting the health and safety of its workers for decades. In particular, a partnership which began back in 1993 has set the stage for technological breakthroughs that, when fully implemented, will reduce any perceived hazards to workers to a level that could not
have been foreseen at the beginning.
Traditionally in asphalt, companies have been family-owned, mom-and-pop operations. Even today, with the trend to consolidation and corporate ownership, many workers in our industry are second- and third-generation asphalt people. In our industry, workers’ health and safety is the top priority.