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HS&E HIW practice question: Signing, lighting and guarding (3 of 6)

E. Specialist: Highway works A free question from our original HS&E HIW practice exam. Try it, then open the answer to see why each option is right or wrong.

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Your works take up part of a pavement for several days.

How must pedestrians be protected from the works?

Choose one answer.

  1. A. Nothing, if a sign says the path is closed
  2. B. A continuous line of barriers
  3. C. A few cones with gaps between them
  4. D. Tape strung between two signs
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Answer: B

  • A. Wrong: Wrong. Pedestrians must still be protected by barriers.
  • B. Right: Right. The street works code says at all static works, pedestrians must be protected by a continuous system of barriers.
  • C. Wrong: Wrong. Gaps let people walk into the works.
  • D. Wrong: Wrong. Tape is not a barrier.

Explanation

At static works, protect pedestrians with a continuous system of barriers, set up to the maker's instructions.

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