Monday, April 09, 2007
NIOSH: TRUCK DRIVER OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH: 2003 Conference Report and Selective Literature Review* [8 February 2007]
NIOSH (early informal release of the final approved report, with printed version and CD to follow)
Please Note: If anyone wants a PRINT version of the following, they should contact Prof. Michael Belzer via e-mail at michael.h.belzer@wayne.edu and request it.
Also this report is different than most -- instead of focusing on the usual suspects (truck drivers should eat better, get better exercise, ...), the focus of the report is on the effects of industrial relations on OSH. It highlights the underlying role of industrial relations and unregulated market forces on health.
Truck Driver Occupational Safety and Health
2003 Conference Report and Selective Literature Review*
Gregory M. SaltzmanĀ and Michael H. BelzerĀ
Revised February 8, 2007
http://www.ilir.umich.edu/TIBP/truckdriverOSH/Reports/TruckDriverConferenceReport.pdf
[full-text, 134 pages]
CONTENTS
Abbreviations......................................................................................................... iv
Foreword................................................................................................................ viii
Acknowledgements................................................................................................ ix
Executive Summary ............................................................................................... x
Introduction............................................................................................................ 1
Introduction to Trucking: Operations, labor markets, and occupational safety and health ..6
Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Measurement .................................................... 23
Ergonomics, Job Injuries, and Exposure................................................................ 32
Labor Market, Employment Relations, and Personnel Management .................... 39
Fatigue and Truck Driver Safety and Health ......................................................... 46
Causes of Driver Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation................................................... 57
Health Consequences of Driver Work Schedules.................................................. 60
Health Consequences of Job Stress........................................................................ 62
Social and Behavioral Consequences of Employment as a Truck Driver ............. 65
Developing a Research Agenda on Truck Driver Occupational
Safety and Health.................................................................................................. 69
Appendix 1: Conference Participants and Speaker Profiles .................................. 81
Appendix 2: Agenda .............................................................................................. 99
References.............................................................................................................. 102
The conference also is on the web at
http://www.ilir.umich.edu/TIBP/truckdriverOSH
Tables
Table 1. Occupational Injury/Illness of Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Operators, 2004....1
Table 2. Driving Maximum Hours, Old Rules .......................................................... 18
Table 3. Working Maximum Hours, Old Rules......................................................... 18
Table 4. Driving Maximum Hours, New Rules, Carriers Operating Six Days a Week... 19
Table 5. Driving Maximum Hours, New Rules Carriers Operating Seven Days a Week ...19
Table 6. Working Maximum Hours, New Rules Carriers Operating Six Days a Week..19
Table 7. Working Maximum Hours, New Rules Carriers Operating Seven Days a Week .. 20
Table 8. Permanent Disability Claims for Unionized LTL Carriers.......................... 34
Table 9. French Truck Driver Work Hours ............................................................... 42
Table 10. Research Needs: Data ................................................................................ 74
Table 11. Research Needs: Economics and Industrial Organization......................... 75
Table 12. Research Needs: Assessment..................................................................... 76
Table 13. Research Needs: Interventions and Countermeasures ............................... 78
Table 14. Research Needs: Dissemination and Education......................................... 80
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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Please Note: If anyone wants a PRINT version of the following, they should contact Prof. Michael Belzer via e-mail at michael.h.belzer@wayne.edu and request it.
Also this report is different than most -- instead of focusing on the usual suspects (truck drivers should eat better, get better exercise, ...), the focus of the report is on the effects of industrial relations on OSH. It highlights the underlying role of industrial relations and unregulated market forces on health.
Truck Driver Occupational Safety and Health
2003 Conference Report and Selective Literature Review*
Gregory M. SaltzmanĀ and Michael H. BelzerĀ
Revised February 8, 2007
http://www.ilir.umich.edu/TIBP/truckdriverOSH/Reports/TruckDriverConferenceReport.pdf
[full-text, 134 pages]
CONTENTS
Abbreviations......................................................................................................... iv
Foreword................................................................................................................ viii
Acknowledgements................................................................................................ ix
Executive Summary ............................................................................................... x
Introduction............................................................................................................ 1
Introduction to Trucking: Operations, labor markets, and occupational safety and health ..6
Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Measurement .................................................... 23
Ergonomics, Job Injuries, and Exposure................................................................ 32
Labor Market, Employment Relations, and Personnel Management .................... 39
Fatigue and Truck Driver Safety and Health ......................................................... 46
Causes of Driver Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation................................................... 57
Health Consequences of Driver Work Schedules.................................................. 60
Health Consequences of Job Stress........................................................................ 62
Social and Behavioral Consequences of Employment as a Truck Driver ............. 65
Developing a Research Agenda on Truck Driver Occupational
Safety and Health.................................................................................................. 69
Appendix 1: Conference Participants and Speaker Profiles .................................. 81
Appendix 2: Agenda .............................................................................................. 99
References.............................................................................................................. 102
The conference also is on the web at
http://www.ilir.umich.edu/TIBP/truckdriverOSH
Tables
Table 1. Occupational Injury/Illness of Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Operators, 2004....1
Table 2. Driving Maximum Hours, Old Rules .......................................................... 18
Table 3. Working Maximum Hours, Old Rules......................................................... 18
Table 4. Driving Maximum Hours, New Rules, Carriers Operating Six Days a Week... 19
Table 5. Driving Maximum Hours, New Rules Carriers Operating Seven Days a Week ...19
Table 6. Working Maximum Hours, New Rules Carriers Operating Six Days a Week..19
Table 7. Working Maximum Hours, New Rules Carriers Operating Seven Days a Week .. 20
Table 8. Permanent Disability Claims for Unionized LTL Carriers.......................... 34
Table 9. French Truck Driver Work Hours ............................................................... 42
Table 10. Research Needs: Data ................................................................................ 74
Table 11. Research Needs: Economics and Industrial Organization......................... 75
Table 12. Research Needs: Assessment..................................................................... 76
Table 13. Research Needs: Interventions and Countermeasures ............................... 78
Table 14. Research Needs: Dissemination and Education......................................... 80
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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