Work-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes: Reducing the Burden

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• Personal Author:
  Peele P ; Tollerud DJ
• Description:
  Motor vehicle crashes are the major occupational cause of death for American workers. A great deal has been learned about prevention of motor vehicle crashes for the general public; much less known about the underlying causes and effective prevention strategies for work-related motor vehicle crashes. In addition, few studies have focused on non-fatal motor vehicle injuries in the workplace and there is no comprehensive information on the true human and economic costs of work-related motor vehicle crashes. This project uses data collected from a single municipality (City of Philadelphia) to develop a database and prospective record linking system to capture comprehensive data on the number, magnitude, and economic impact of work-related injuries for the 28,000 employees of the City of Philadelphia. 20,357 employees are captured in these data along with 3,645 work-related motor vehicle accidents. We find that while most accidents occur during weekdays, the most expensive accidents tend to occur on weekends and they involve large trucks and younger drivers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Accident-statistics Age-factors Injuries Injury-prevention Mortality-rates Motor-vehicles Occupational-accidents Occupational-health Occupational-safety-programs Preventive-medicine Worker-health

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• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-41
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038134
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2011-103930
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R01-OH-003419, 2007 Dec; :1-41
• Contact Point Address:
  Pamela B. Peele, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy & Management, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
• Email:
  peele@pitt.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries
• Performing Organization:
  University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19960930
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b5ac5f6cc5e3704ab049760adbb3d5c0052e623d9538eb7de99667750c6fcb7f81af30e564df7180bfca4636fa59d6dec07d19f22fed01436f6c15969ec8fbb6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218386/cdc_218386_DS1.pdf
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