نتایج جستجو برای: truck drivers

تعداد نتایج: 48487  

2016
Sebastian Decker Dietmar Otte Christian Walter Muller Mohamed Omar Christian Krettek Carl Haasper Stephan Brand

BACKGROUND While cyclists and pedestrians are known to be at significant risk for severe injuries when exposed to road traffic accidents (RTA) involving trucks, little is known about RTA injury risk for truck drivers. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to analyze the injury severity in truck drivers following RTAs. PATIENTS AND METHODS Our local accident research unit prospectively docume...

ژورنال: طب کار 2011
جعفری ندوشن, رضا, حلوانی, غلامحسین, فلاح, حسین , ملک, مهدی,

Abstract Background: Each year many people lose their lives resulting from driving accidents. This can cause irreparable mental, physical and psychological loss for the survivals. Driving sleeping is referred to as one of the causes requiring a research on the relationship between driving accidents and damages resulted from with the sleep quality of the truck drivers. Methods: In this descrip...

Journal: :Computers & OR 2012
Asvin Goel Claudia Archetti Martin W. P. Savelsbergh

In September 2008 new regulations for managing heavy vehicle driver fatigue entered into force in Australia. According to the new regulations there is a chain of responsibility ranging from drivers to dispatchers and shippers and thus, carriers must explicitly consider driving and working hour regulations when generating truck driver schedules. This paper presents and studies the Australian Tru...

Journal: :Clinics 2006
Silvia Ferreira Andrusaitis Reginaldo Perilo Oliveira Tarcísio Eloy P Barros Filho

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of low back pain in truck drivers and check for possible risk factors related to the presence of low back pain. METHODS A questionnaire was developed including personal factors such as age, practice of physical and sports activities, general health habits, occupation-related issues, and factors associated with low back pain. The body mass index (ratio o...

2016
Changkun Chen Jun Zhang

BACKGROUND Fatigue driving is a leading cause of traffic fatalities and injuries in China, especially among heavy truck drivers. The present study tried to examine which and how factors within the human-vehicle-roadway-environment system contribute to the occurrence of crashes involving fatigued truck drivers. FINDINGS To reduce such risk on the road, a total of 9168 crashes which occurred in...

2004
Srinivas Peeta Pengcheng Zhang Weimin Zhou

Freight trucks are an important component of the nation s highway traffic. Due to their physical and operational characteristics, they can significantly impact traffic system performance, safety, and the travel experience of non-truck drivers. Methodological gaps exist in the literature on modeling car–truck interactions that do not result in crashes, especially those resulting from non-truck d...

2008
CheeFai Tan Wei Chen Frank Delbressine Matthias Rauterberg

Comfort is an attribute that today’s drivers demand more and more. Seat is one of the important features of vehicle and there is the place where the professional driver spends most of their time. According to ‘European Union Legislation for Drivers and Promote’, the weekly driving time for truck drivers shall not exceed 56 hours. Assuming eight week vacation and one more for holiday, the truck ...

Journal: :Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet 2006
Manoon Leechawengwongs Evelyn Leechawengwongs Chakrit Sukying Umaporn Udomsubpayakul

OBJECTIVE The authors assessed the relationship between traffic accidents and drowsiness. MATERIAL AND METHOD A self-answered questionnaire survey of 4331 commercial bus/truck drivers was done. RESULT Sixty-nine percent of the drivers reported accidents and one third of these accidents was attributable to drowsiness. Drowsy driving and microsleeps were experienced by 75% and 28% of drivers ...

2016
Ravinder Kumar Rohit Sharma Varinder Kumar Mittal

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the available literature related to ergonomical problems (especially musculoskeletal disorders) of truck drivers in order to trace the origin, objectives, trends and scope for future work. Design/methodology/approach – A review of research articles was conducted for various terms, namely, ergonomic, whole body vibration and musculoskeletal disord...

Journal: :AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 2012
Hannah Snyder Vijay V Yeldandi G Prem Kumar Chuanhong Liao Vemu Lakshmi Sabitha R Gandham Uma Muppudi Ganesh Oruganti John A Schneider

In India, men who have sex with men (MSM) and truck drivers are high-risk groups that often do not access HIV testing due to stigma and high mobility. This study evaluated a field testing package (FTP) that identified HIV positive participants through video pre-test counseling, OraQuick oral fluid HIV testing, and telephonic post-test counseling and then connected them to government facilities....

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