NIOSH Fast Facts: Home Healthcare Workers - How to Prevent Driving-Related Injuries

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Driving from client to client, home healthcare workers are at high risk for car accidents that could result in injury or death. Distracted driving, aggressive driving, lack of seatbelt use, driving while tired or after having used alcohol or drugs, poor weather conditions, and poorly maintained vehicles can all contribute to car accidents. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  "This is one in a series of six fast fact cards developed to provide practical advice for home healthcare workers and is based on NIOSH Hazard Review: Occupational Hazards in Home Healthcare, NIOSH Pub No. 2010-125."
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational/prevention & Control Accidents, Traffic Health Personnel Home Care Services Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040332
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5fdef39ab6f881207f41228122632dea57713d3ff7f0b27023da435ae57f113f6172b23251651d06cf0ea494839adce056d2526641e2c76218b99f7b91b8e107
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11733/cdc_11733_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 970.10 KB ]