Innovative Safety Cone Reduces Residual Risk

Dr. Archer was granted Research and Professional Development funds for the development of a new safety cone design that allows for single-handed lifting.

Carrying, deploying and collecting traditional safety cones commonly requires a worker to use two hands. This cumbersome process slows workflow, and typically necessitates multiple trips between a jobsite and the vehicle containing tools or supplies. Given that almost half of all roadside worker fatalities (https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/resources/facts_stats/safety.htm) result from being run over, more time spent in ‘the cone zone’ increases the risk that a worker is involved in an accident. An innovative safety cone design invented by a Royal Roads University professor enables single-handed lifting and carrying of up to six safety cones at once. Saving time in a hazardous work zone reduces residual risk.