Sleep loss is known to contribute road traffic accidents. Professional drivers are vulnerable curtailment of sleep due long driving bouts and shift work. To fill in the gap literatu...

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess relationships between body mass index (BMI) and comorbid conditions within a large sample of truck drivers. Methods: Commercial driver medical examination data from 88,246 commercial drivers between 2005 and 2012 were analyzed for associations between BMI, medical disorders, and driver certification. Results: Most drivers were obese (53.3%, B...

OBJECTIVE To validate the recently published consensus criteria for screening commercial drivers for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). METHODS A large, consecutive case series of commercial drivers was screened for OSA at a single occupational medicine clinic and those screening positive were referred for overnight polysomnography. RESULTS One hundred ninety (13%) of 1443 individuals having co...

This paper is the culmination of previous work to determine if steering behavior could be used to unobtrusively detect driver fatigue. The driving performance of 17 sleep-deprived heavy-truck drivers was monitored on a closed track. Functions in the time, frequency, and phase domains were developed to quantify changes in steering wheel input. The steering-based weighting functions which correla...

BACKGROUND Chronic diseases are high in truck drivers and have been linked to work routines that promote inactivity and poor diets. This feasibility study examined the extent to which an m-Health financial incentives program facilitated physical activity and healthy dietary choices in Australian truck drivers. METHODS Nineteen men (mean [SD] age = 47.5 [9.8] years; BMI = 31.2 [4.6] kg/m2) com...

Motivation The importance of managers in maintaining high levels of warehouse performance (quality, productivity, flexibility, safety, sustainability, responsiveness) has been shown before in several studies. However, the impact of shop floor workers, specifically forklift drivers, has not been studied so far. As internal transportation is critical in many warehouses, it can be expected that, i...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess relationships between body mass index (BMI) and comorbid conditions within a large sample of truck drivers. METHODS Commercial driver medical examination data from 88,246 commercial drivers between 2005 and 2012 were analyzed for associations between BMI, medical disorders, and driver certification. RESULTS Most drivers were obese (53.3%, ...

The dynamic assignment problem arises in a number of application areas in transportation and logistics. Taxi drivers have to be assigned to pick up passengers, police have to be assigned to emergencies, and truck drivers have to pick up and carry loads of freight. All of these problems are characterized by demands that arrive continuously and randomly throughout the day, and require a dispatche...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the number of workers in Great Britain with significant occupational exposure to whole body vibration (WBV) and to identify the common sources of exposure and the occupations and industries where such exposures arise. METHODS A postal questionnaire was posted to a random community sample of 22,194 men and women of working age. Among other things, the questionnaire asked...