SHARP Stats: Truck Driver Fatalities

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  Washington State Fatality Assessment More truck drivers died on the job than workers in any other occupation. Five Occupations with the Most Worker Deaths: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Fishers and Related Fishing Workers. Tree Trimmers and Pruners. Logging Tree Fallers. 14% of all workers who died on the job were truck drivers. Over half of truck drivers died in motor vehicle crashes while inside their trucks (n=55). 39% of truck drivers died while outside of their trucks (n=36): 14 were struck by other vehicles. 6 were rolled over or into by their own trucks. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Farmers Forestry Hunting Men Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Farm Workers Fishing Industry Hazards Logging Industry Motor Vehicles Protective Measures Risk Factors Safety Education Safety Measures Safety Practices Training Tree Trimmers Truck Drivers Work Environment Workers Worker Safety

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• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• 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:20066463
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 76-25-2020, 2020 Sep; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  SHARP stats: truck driver fatalities
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d43612925065415d4c0659f292a200dcffa31837e17d57165db52e2772d9e7c601f961eeeb06b690c2b40ebb8c042857db71122cdfd43aea3c35dbe5c0dea29c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231045/cdc_231045_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 169.33 KB ]