Safety climate and the distracted driving experiences of truck drivers

Details

• Personal Author:
  Agnew J ; Pollack KM ; Swedler DI
• Description:
  Background: For truck drivers, distracted driving is a workplace behavior that increases occupational injury risk. We propose safety climate as an appropriate lens through which researchers can examine occupational distracted driving. Methods: Using a mixed methods study design, we surveyed truck drivers using the Safety Climate Questionnaire (SCQ) complemented by semi-structured interviews of experts on distracted driving and truck safety. Safety climate was assessed by using the entire SCQ as an overall climate score, followed by factor analysis that identified the following safety climate factors: Communications and Procedures; Management Commitment; and Work Pressure. Results: In multivariate regression, the overall safety climate scale was associated with having ever experienced a crash and/or distraction-involved swerving. Interview participants described how these SCQ constructs could affect occupational distracted driving. Conclusion: To reduce distraction-related crashes in their organizations, management can adhere to safe policies and procedures, invest in engineering controls, and develop safer communication procedures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Behavior Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accidents Author Keywords: Commercial Trucks Cell Phones Cell Phone Use Hard Braking Mixed Methods Motor Vehicle Crash Motor Vehicles Near-crash Occupational Safety Safety Climate Texting Truck Drivers Trucking

  More +
• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046227
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2015 Jul; 58(7):746-755
• Contact Point Address:
  David I Swedler, PhD, MPH, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health 2121W Taylor St SHPW Rm 556 Chicago, IL 60612
• Email:
  swedler@uic.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dd9557aa1f0a0ea808338933f0e4b7dc2594b7cf2baa0f1b4d9bd177284987f9733c2d3d6bc2fb35cef56a1333ab510215265e46641159ad0c1b526cbc5405b3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201342/cdc_201342_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 116.23 KB ]