Work‐related injury factors and safety climate perception in truck drivers

Anderson, Naomi J.; Smith, Caroline; Byrd, Jesse L.

doi:10.1002/ajim.22737

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“…Workers, especially in labor-intensive and blue-collar industries, face unique behavioral and occupational hazards and outcomes as evidenced by data from health behavior surveys and occupational injury surveillance [34,35,36,37,38,39]. For example, truck driving workers face environmental factors that both influence unhealthy eating patterns and excess weight gain and result in higher risks of occupational injuries and illnesses [40,41,42]. The combined health hazards and risks make workers in blue-collar worksites prime candidates for comprehensive programs which integrate injury prevention, employee safety, and worker well-being initiatives.…”

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Assessing Workplace Health and Safety Strategies, Trends, and Barriers through a Statewide Worksite Survey

Sedani

Stover

Coyle

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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Chronic diseases have added to the economic burden of the U.S. healthcare system. Most Americans spend most of their waking time at work, thereby, presenting employers with an opportunity to protect and promote health. The purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of workplace health governance and safety strategies among worksites in the State of Nebraska, over time and by industry sector using a randomized survey. Weighted percentages were compared by year, industry sector, and worksite size. Over the three study periods, 4784 responses were collected from worksite representatives. Adoption of workplace health governance and planning strategies increased over time and significantly varied across industry sector groups. Organizational safety policies varied by industry sector and were more commonly reported than workplace health governance and planning strategies. Time constraints were the most common barrier among worksites of all sizes, and stress was reported as the leading employee health issue that negatively impacts business. Results suggest that opportunities exist to integrate workplace health and safety initiatives, especially in blue-collar industry sectors and small businesses.

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Assessing Workplace Health and Safety Strategies, Trends, and Barriers through a Statewide Worksite Survey

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Stover

Coyle

et al. 2019

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“…For that reason, they often face opportunities for unethical and unsafe actions to ease and quicken their work. Recently for example Reiman, Väyrynen and Putkonen (2015), Reiman et al (2018), Murphy et al (2018) and Anderson, Smith and Byrd (2017) have discussed on OHS challenges related to truck drivers' work outside the cab at short haul (SH) delivery transportations and Chandler et al (2017) have reached that discussion to long haul (LH) transportations. Research literature covers traditional LH and SH freight transportation modes, however very little attention is given on the new modes of transportation.…”

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Occupational Health and Safety in the Trucking Industry – Current Trends and Future Challenges

Reiman

Väyrynen

2020

Engineering Assets and Public Infrastructures in the Age of Digitalization

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Professional truck drivers face various kinds of challenges during their workday. A high prevalence of workrelated musculoskeletal disorders and high accident rates are associated with the trucking industry. In addition, various different psychosocial stressors affect truck drivers' work ability. Accidents, disorders, and stressors all affect working careers. There is both a constant need for a skilled new workforce, but also a need for prolonging working careers. Some characteristics can be identified on truck drivers' work; the drivers mainly work alone and their work contains static work postures while sitting and physical activities while working outside the cab. While working, the driver often faces opportunities for unethical and unsafe actions to ease the workload. This poses challenges to the occupational health and safety (OHS) management. This article provides a scoping review of the risks and hazards that the professional truck drivers face while working. Both driving and non-driving work activities are covered. Special attention is paid to selected new modes of transportation and a discussion is held on the possible OHS challenges that they may bring along. High capacity transports (HCT) are discussed as an emerging mode of road transportation that enables larger loads to be freighted and intermodal transportations (IMT) are used increase the efficiency of the transportations by combining different transportation modes. However, very little attention is being paid in the current OHS literature on the possible adverse OHS effects concerning the driver.

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“…Neither the varying work environments have changed. Deliveries are still made to various locations from which the quality of the work environment varies (refer to [20,21]). Fifthly, the video material was edited by the researchers (JP and AR) to facilitate efficient video analysis sessions.…”

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“…1 Simplified illustration of a delivery process based on Pekkala [11]. There are three main work phases in truck drivers' routine, daily work: unloading and loading at the principal (main) terminal or warehouse, driving, and unloading and loading at different customers' premises choose whether to perform certain work tasks safely or unsafely to ease or fasten their work [20,21]. According to the job demands and control models put forth by Karasek and Theorell [22] and Croon et al [19], the psychological demands result in psychological strain and physical illness only when the level of decision latitude, later referred to as job control, is low [19].…”

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“…Still, too little attention has been paid to their well-being and work ability [24]. Anderson [21] urges to broaden in the focus from traditional occupational health and safety considerations to psychological and managerial aspects when studying truck drivers' work. In this study, concrete sources of psychosocial strain and stress factors in delivery transportation work are identified.…”

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Delivery truck drivers’ work outside the cab: psychosocial discomforts and risks based on participatory video analyses

Romero

Reiman

Delgado

et al. 2018

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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Purpose: Delivery truck drivers face various physical and psychosocial discomforts and risks in their work. Psychosocial perceptions are linked to physiological and psychological loads-strain and stress-affecting drivers throughout various mechanisms within activities and conditions. In this study, participatory video-assisted analyses were utilised for identifying psychosocially demanding work situations that delivery truck drivers encounter outside the cab. Methods: Identifications were made by the drivers from previously recorded videos of their own work in their daily work environments. In addition, other stakeholders, such as managers and designers, also identified situations. The video identification data were further processed by the researchers, showing differences between the perceptions of the drivers and stakeholders on the causal conditions and intervening conditions behind the discomfort identifications. Results: All together 99 identified situations-over half (53%) of which included a fear of causing different types of undesired events with risks of losses, such as human injuries or material damages. The results showed not only do risks and discomforts exist in demanding work situations, which seemed relevant, but they also indicated the importance of involving different stakeholders. Conclusions: This study provides a unique methodological approach, as video observations and analyses and qualitative data analysis are combined to provide more in-depth data with visualizations into risk management processes.

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Work‐related injury factors and safety climate perception in truck drivers

Abstract: Positive psychological safety climate is associated with decreased likelihood of work-related injury and increased likelihood that a driver injured on the job files a workers' compensation claim.

Cited by 28 publications

References 39 publications

Assessing Workplace Health and Safety Strategies, Trends, and Barriers through a Statewide Worksite Survey

Assessing Workplace Health and Safety Strategies, Trends, and Barriers through a Statewide Worksite Survey

Occupational Health and Safety in the Trucking Industry – Current Trends and Future Challenges

Delivery truck drivers’ work outside the cab: psychosocial discomforts and risks based on participatory video analyses

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