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WORKFORCE ISSUES

Traffic management operatives should be assessed to ensure that they:
 * have full use of neck, trunk, arms and legs;
 * have at least 6/12 distance vision when wearing glasses or contact lenses;
 * have good hearing; and
 * are suitable for this work, and that, by means of checks, safety is not compromised by them suffering from specific conditions, e.g. vertigo and balance disorders, psychotic illnesses, diabetes, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal conditions, sleeping disorders.

Organisations undertaking temporary traffic management operations should adopt policies regarding the inappropriate use of medication, drugs and alcohol. They should consider adopting an alcohol policy which gives a maximum blood alcohol content of 30 mg/100 ml of blood.

Fatigue reduces awareness and hence increases the potential for accidents to happen in the dangerous environment of road works. In the interests of employees’ safety, employers shall not allow excessive hours to be worked under the Working Time Directive. 70