Benefits of semi active and active suspension seat technologies for commercial drivers.

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Health & Science Universtiy. Oregon Healthy Workforce Center
• Description:
  Commercial truck and bus drivers spend many hours sitting throughout the workday, sometimes sitting between 8 to 10 hours per day across 40 to 60 hours per week. Low back pain is one of the most commonly reported health conditions by professional drivers, which has been linked to exposures to whole-body vibrations (WBV) while driving on the job (Johnson et al., 2019, Johnson et al., 2018; Johnson et al., 2012). For many decades, the industry standard for commercial driver seats has utilized passive air suspension (air-ride) systems. In recent years, new technologies in active suspension and semiactive suspension seats have become available in the market and have been found to help reduce the harmful impacts of WBV (Kim et al., 2016; Johnson et al., 2018). It is time for employers and owner-operators to consider switching to new seat technologies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Transportation Vibration
• Keywords:
  Total Worker Health; TWH; Transportation workers; Truck drivers; Trucking; Emerging technology; Seat designs; Whole body vibration
• Publisher:
  Oregon Health & Science University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065755
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health & Science University, 2022 Feb; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  Benefits of semi active and active suspension seat technologies for commercial drivers
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248796/cdc_248796_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.93 MB ]