Preventing Injuries in the Trucking Industry. Focus Report 1997 – 2005

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• Personal Author:
  Bonauto, David ; Edwards SK ; Foley M ; Rauser E ; Silverstein B ; Spielholz P
• Description:
  This Focus Report provides detailed information on injuries in Washington State's trucking industry. The trucking industry has some of the highest workers' compensation claim rates and costs in Washington State. Data in this report are from 1997-2005 (fatalities from 1998-2005), with detailed data for the four largest trucking sub-sectors (General Freight, Specialized Freight, Couriers and Messengers, and Waste Management). This report is further broken down to describe the four most common and costly injury types (upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders, falls, struck by or against and motor vehicle collisions) for the industry as a whole and for each large sub-sector. From 1997-2005 there were over 21,000 lost work time claims and almost 38,000 medical only claims in Washington's trucking industry. This report provides employers, supervisors, employees in the trucking industry, along with safety and health professionals, with information on claims, claim rates, costs, common causes and prevention ideas. By engaging and working with industry and other stakeholders, TIRES develops educational materials to prevent injuries in the trucking industry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Accident-rates Accident-statistics Author Keywords: Trucking Industry Couriers And Messengers Service General Freight Truck Transportation Injuries Injury-prevention Motor-vehicles Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupational Injuries Specialized Freight Truck Transportation Transportation-industry Transportation-workers Truck-drivers Trucking Trucking Economy Waste Management And Remediation Services Workers' Compensation

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• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-57
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035008
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 90-17-2008, 2008 Jul; :1-57
• Contact Point Address:
  Department of Labor and Industries, PO Box 44330, Olympia, WA 98504-4330
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4841 - General Freight Trucking - (NAICS) ; 4842 - Specialized Freight Trucking - (NAICS) ; 492 - Couriers and Messengers - (NAICS) ; 5621 - Waste Collection - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Preventing Injuries in the Trucking Industry. Focus Report 1997 - 2005
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187010/cdc_187010_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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