TDOT SAFETY CAMPAIGN
TransComm Skills Contest 1a: Excel Award without Consultant Situation
• In 2016, three TDOT workers were struck and killed by distracted drivers. • The deaths marked a total of 112 TDOT workers killed in the line of duty. • TDOT needed to create public awareness to stop highway worker fatalities. Goals
•Raise public awareness of dangers facing highway workers • Urge motorists to play active role in highway worker safety •Reduce highway worker fatalities to zero
Part of our message was to communicate all the different ways our workers help Tennesseans and to demonstrate how dangerous their jobs can be. Challenges
• Create universal, sustainable campaign • Reach motorists statewide • Expose dangers of highway work • Generate support • Prompt change in motorist behavior
TDOT’s worker memorial. A reminder of how many lives were lost while on the job. Strategy
•Promote campaign launch • Use all media platforms ▪ Traditional (email, website, news releases) ▪ Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram) ▪ Departmental (message boards, vehicles, workers) • Involve workers ▪ Training ▪ Promotional materials •Provide engagement opportunities
Work With Us Website
Hats, stickers, car decals, and hard hat stickers were used to promote the campaign.
As a quick way to get the public involved, we created the Work With Us pledge. Campaign Promotion
Videos were posted to social media prior to the campaign launch event to generate interest.
On Monday, TDOT launched the video “What else can I say?” in which the daughter of one of our workers killed in 2016 urges motorists to pay attention on We continued teasing our campaign on the road while driving. Tuesday with the video “More than a 31,426 views number”. 5,096 views 88,499 people reached 16,528 people reached Campaign Launch
On Wednesday, April 5, 2017, TDOT officially launched the “Work with Us” safety campaign.
Campaign Launch Event Public Service Announcement
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TDOT Workers Mixed Media Social Media • Training • News Releases • Facebook ▪ 521 key field staff ▪ 586 broadcast/print/ ▪ 46 posts • Promotional Materials community contacts • Twitter • Videos ▪ 2,000 caps ▪ 12 tweets ▪ 3,500 hard hat stickers ▪ What Else Can I Say? ▪ 5,000 vehicle decals ▪ More than a Number • YouTube ▪ 800 vehicle magnets ▪ Work with Us PSA ▪ 8 videos ▪ Safety Measures • Instagram • Message Boards ▪ 7 posts ▪ 177 boards statewide ▪ Messages displayed 9a – 3p (6 hours) Results: News Media
The official launch of the safety campaign. The news release was widely distributed via email, and then downloaded 169 times.
News talent in each of the state’s four major markets wore orange in support of Work Zone Awareness Week & in anticipation of the launch of the “Work with Us” campaign that same day.
News outlets across the state Media outlets who covered the campaign: promoted the event, and then reported on the campaign in the • WBBJ-TV • Jackson Sun days and weeks that followed. • WZTV-TV • Equipment World • WKRN-TV • Herald Chronicle • WTVC-TV • LebanonDemocrat • WTVF-TV • Occupational Health & Safety Results: Social Media
▪ Reach: 269,684 ▪ Impressions: 51,651 ▪ Video Views: 80,973 ▪ Media Views: 6,263 ▪ Shares: 5,896 Numbers compiled from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram analytics.