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National Work Zone Awareness Week

April 21-25, 2025

Register your team HERE to participate

National Work Zone Awareness Week

April 21-25, 2025

Register your team HERE to participate

Tools for your Toolbox Talks During a Stand Down

Daily participation themes

  • Work Zone Safety Training Day - April 21

  • National Kickoff Event - April 22

  • Go Orange Day - April 23

  • Social media storm - April 24

  • Moment of Silence - April 25

  • What is a Stand Down?

Companies who know the value of safety training use a Safety Stand Down to stop all work and provide a focused safety meeting on one particular topic. These types of meetings provide effective communication of safety policies, goals and expectations through all levels of a team.

OSHA believes there is tremendous value in committing 30 minutes to one hour of your day’s work to talk about safety, leading to increased employee safety morale. Stopping work to talk about safety brings it to the forefront of everyone’s mind!

  • Who can participate?

Participants may include employer’s trade associations, federal, state and local governmental agencies, professional societies, institutes, and consumer/labor-management interest organizations, sub-and independent contractors.

  • How to Conduct a Safety Stand Down and FAQ's

Companies can conduct a Safety Stand Down by taking a break to have a toolbox talk or another safety activity such as conducting safety equipment inspections, developing rescue plans, or discussing job specific hazards. Managers are encouraged to plan a stand down that works best for their workplace.

  • Share your story with us

If you want to share information on your Safety Stand Down or suggestions on how we can improve future initiatives like this, please send your email to abercrombie@agcga.org. Don’t forget photos from your worksites!

OSHA Struck-By Alliance Overview

OSHA, Georgia Department of Transportation, Georgia Federal Highway Administration, Georgia Highway Contractors Association, Georgia Utility Contractors Association (GUCA), Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, Georgia Tech Research Institute, 3M, Associated General Contractors of Georgia, Inc. (AGC Georgia), Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Georgia Power, Pike Electric, National Safety Council – Georgia Chapter, Ansco & Associates, and the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety formed an Alliance to share their collective expertise and to foster a culture of injury and illness prevention focused on the prevention of work zone and struck-by hazards.