Workers Killed Due to Driver Distraction

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  To prevent driver distraction, employers should: Provide training on the importance of being attentive and not engaging in distracting tasks or behaviors while driving. Develop policies that minimize or eliminate the use of in-vehicle devices while driving. Employees should: Not use dispatching devices while driving. Not text or manually dial a cell phone while driving. Refrain from activities such as reading, writing or map reading while driving. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Automobiles
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Safety practices
  • Injury prevention
  • Drivers
  • Motor vehicles
  • Cell phones
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069402
• Citation:
  Hazard alert. Lexington, KY: Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, 2013 Apr; 11(2):1-2
• Email:
  kyfaceprogram@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Workers killed due to driver distraction
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229212/cdc_229212_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 424.00 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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