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The Signal | May/June 2018 7 National Work Zone Awareness Week coming home, not today, not tomorrow, and not ever,” said Nichols. A representative from the Federal High- way Administration (FHWA) also spoke at the kick-off event. The most recent Fatality Analysis Report- ing System (FARS) data from the Nation- al Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that in 2015 there were 700 work zone fatalities and 36,526 work zone injuries. According to information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 143 roadway workers were killed in 2016. This data underscores the importance of NWZAW’smission and growing efforts to promote safety for workers and driv- ers in work zones. Among the many organizations to host NWZAW events was the New England ATSSA Chapter, which hosted The Amer- ican Traffic Safety Services Foundation’s (The Foundation) National Work Zone Memorial at their press conference event in Montpelier, Vermont on April 3. “Since 2012, five people have been killed in work zones on Vermont roadways, three of whomwere work zone workers. As an industry, ATSSA is committed to moving Toward Zero Deaths on all U.S. roads. Although this is an ambitious goal, a goal of anything less is unacceptable,” said Debra Ricker, immediate past chair of the ATSSA Board of Directors and president of Worksafe Traffic Control Industries Inc. Several ATSSA member companies also participated in NWZAW and Go Orange Day. The ATSSA teamhosted a Facebook Live event where staff members shared about the importance of roadway safe- ty and what it means to them in their jobs and daily lives. NWZAW’s hashtags #NWZAW and #Orange4Safety showed the high level of engagement for the awareness cam- paign with hundreds of retweets, likes, and shares. Promote awareness of work zone safety all year long and check back for more details on the 2019 NWZAW national event and kick-off location. Many member companies wore orange on Go Orange Day to bring awareness to work zone safety and hosted themed events. Devvon Holst of D2K Traffic Safety, Inc. (above) and staff members of Gregory Industries Inc. (below) participated in Go Orange Day by wearing orange and posting photos to Twitter on April 11.