Nevada traffic control documentation requirements

Nevada is one of the most prescriptive states in the country, and the requirement sits on a named person. The traffic control supervisor must be an employee of the Contractor, dedicated solely to the contract, ATSSA-certified as a worksite traffic supervisor with at least a year of relevant supervisory experience, contactable 24 hours a day, and able to be on site within 45 minutes.

That person must make at least four inspections of all traffic control devices each day: before beginning work, at mid-shift, half an hour after the end of the shift, and at least once during non-working hours — with no more than 12 hours between inspections.

And each one must be written down on a specific form: “The traffic control supervisor shall make a record of each traffic control inspection using the Department furnished ‘Work Zone Traffic Control Checklist,’ Form # 040-056B. Each review shall include traffic control activities, the time the traffic control supervisor reviewed the traffic control, any actions taken, and any other pertinent information. Submit completed forms within 24 hours.”

Four records a day, each timestamped, each listing actions taken, each due within 24 hours. Reconstructing that at the end of a week is not realistically possible — which is the point.