Risks for workplace in long-haul truckers.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Anderson DG
• Description:
  The purpose of this study is to investigate the incidence and distribution of workplace violence among long-haul truck drivers. An average of 20 workers are murdered each week in the U.S.; an estimated 18,000 workers per week are victims of non-fatal assault; and, homicide is the leading cause of death among U.S. women in the workplace. The specific aims are to: (1) identify the types of violence experienced by long-haul truck drivers; (2) identify risk factors that contribute to the violence; (3) differentiate the risks of work-related stress among distinct socio-demographic groups of truckers; (4) determine the prevalence of domestic violence experienced by long-haul truck drivers; and (5) identify work environment factors that place truck drivers' at risk. The aims of this project are consistent with the Healthy People 2010 objectives that address the reduction of work-related homicides (Objective 20-5) and work-related assaults (Objective 20-6). A cross-sectional quantitative survey will be conducted with a non-probability sample (N = 1400) recruited at truck shows and truck stops across the U.S. Data will be collected on violence-related variables (e.g. harassment, weapons, assault, rape, robbery, worksite security, fatigue, psychological strain, and substance abuse). Qualitative data on violence at the worksite will be collected via phone interviews with a purposive sample of 30 female and 30 male participants. Dependent on the specific aim, bivariate relationships, logistic regression, discriminant analysis, Cronbach's alpha, and ANCOVA will be used. Constant-comparative methods and content analysis matrices will be used to describe, analyze, and interpret the qualitative data. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Demographic-characteristics; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Mathematical-models; Qualitative-analysis; Risk-analysis; Risk-factors; Safety-measures; Safety-monitoring; Statistical-analysis; Stress; Substance-abuse; Truck-drivers; Trucking; Women; Work-areas; Work-environment; Work-operations; Workplace-studies
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038939
• Citation:
  APHA 131st Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, California, November 15-19, 2003. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2003 Nov; :59931
• Email:
  danders@pop.uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20020930
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 131st Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, California, November 15-19, 2003
• End Date:
  20060929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248132/cdc_248132_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]