Occupational fatalities among driver/sales workers and truck drivers in the United States, 2003-2008

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• Personal Author:
  Amandus HE ; Chen GX ; Wu N
• Description:
  Background: This study provides a national profile of occupational fatalities among truck drivers and driver-sales workers. Methods Data from the 2003-2008 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries were used. Cases were extracted specifically for occupational subcategories included in the Driver/ SalesWorkers and Truck Drivers occupational category: Driver/SalesWorkers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, and Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers. Results: In 2003-2008, the group Driver/Sales Workers and Truck Drivers had 5,568 occupational fatalities, representing 17% of all occupational fatalities in the United States. The majority of these fatalities were in the subgroup Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers (85%) and due to transportation incidents (80%). Older and male drivers had higher fatality rates than their counterparts. Conclusions: Findings suggest a need for targeted interventions to reduce highway fatalities among heavy truck drivers. Better employment data are needed to separate the three occupational subcategories by worker characteristic and employment history for use in research and prevention efforts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Age Factors Aging Automobiles Men Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Safety Transportation Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Age-factors Age-groups Author Keywords: CFOI Delivery/Sales Workers Drivers Highway Injuries Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Morbidity-rates Mortality-data Mortality-rates Mortality-surveys Motor-vehicles Motor Vehicle Safety Occupational Fatalities Safety-education Statistical-analysis Surveillance Transportation-industry Transportation-workers Traumatic-injuries Truck-drivers Truck Drivers Trucking Work-environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044296
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2014 Jul; 57(7):800-809
• Contact Point Address:
  Guang X.Chen, MD, Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, MS/1811 Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  gchen@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:814cfa818690e9834b9e57303be6e16eaf83d50643c6eff0ee11dbee9270b091a5b930d139fa14563aefef0cf14fdff8346a99e0720f5052cfde761271524abc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200032/cdc_200032_DS1.pdf
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