Law Enforcement Officer Motor Vehicle Safety: Findings from a Statewide Survey

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Tiesman, Hope M. ; Heick, Rebecca J.
• Description:
  Research on occupational motor-vehicle operations has largely focused on transportation workers. Significant gaps exist in the research among emergency service personnel, including law enforcement officers (LEOs). Even though motor-vehicle crashes are the leading cause of occupational fatality among LEOs, data on current motor-vehicular injury and crash trends are scant. Unfortunately, the limited availability of data makes it difficult to develop evidence-based prevention programs. To further our understanding of motor-vehicle operations among LEOs, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) sponsored a statewide survey on officers' thoughts about and experiences with motor-vehicle-related incidents. The survey was conducted in Iowa in 2011 and included a random sample of 60 law enforcement agencies and nearly 1,500 sworn LEOs. Iowa was chosen because of pre-existing relationships with various law enforcement entities. Respondents were queried on a wide range of topics: motor-vehicle crashes and roadside incidents (being struck by or nearly struck by a moving vehicle), seat belt usage, written motor-vehicle policies, and frequency and type of occupational motor-vehicle training. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Traffic Automobile Accidents Automobiles Emergency Responders Law Enforcement Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Police Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Law-enforcement; Law-enforcement-workers; Emergency-responders; Safety-belts; Safety-practices; Safety-equipment; Personal-protection; Personal-protective-equipment; Motor-vehicles; Questionnaires; Training; Surveillance
• Source:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-101, 2014 Nov; :1-26
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  40 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045712
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:45d83e51e8f215f3a68dfdbcaf9ed64410c092c145da6a9549542ffdb452edebc33272171b4e88a8b7b0e0e726d18a7d0ea3ba13792479eee04a7aa68232bec4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26008/cdc_26008_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.71 MB ]