We Know Truckers Are Tough, but Seriously… a True Story

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  Truckers come with a can-do attitude. They don't like to leave a job undone or unfinished. These are honorable traits to be sure. But are there times when a job should be left undone? Let's consider a scene from The Avengers (Marvel Worldwide, Inc): The demigod Loki believes himself invincible until the Hulk slams him all over the ground, calling him a "puny god." Most of us have believed we are invincible until some Hulk comes along. The Hulk for one 35-year-old waste haul driver was a water-soaked king-sized mattress. It was near the end of his shift and he needed to collect the waste from a four-yard dumpster at an apartment complex. A resident had discarded a mattress set near the dumpster, which subsequently became water-logged in the rain. The driver believed he needed to get the mattress in the dumpster before getting the load into his truck. He got the box springs in, but wrestling with the mattress proved to be too much. A painful back injury and lost time from work is how the story ended. It would have been okay to leave the job undone, to have reported it to his employer and made the customer comply with company policy. We are only human after all. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Back Injuries Injury Prevention Lifting MSD Musculoskeletal Disorders Truck Drivers Trucking
• 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058551
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 90-132-2013, 2013 Nov; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  We know truckers are tough, but seriously... a true story
• 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/221616/cdc_221616_DS1.pdf
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