Guang X Chen, W Karl Sieber, Jennifer E Lincoln, Jan Birdsey, Edward M Hitchcock, Akinori Nakata, Cynthia F Robinson, James W Collins, Marie H Sweeney
Approximately 1,701,500 people were employed as heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in the United States in 2012. The majority of them were long-haul truck drivers (LHTDs). There are limited data on occupational injury and safety in LHTDs, which prompted a targeted national survey. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health conducted a nationally representative survey of 1265 LHTDs at 32 truck stops across the contiguous United States in 2010. Data were collected on truck crashes, near misses, moving violations, work-related injuries, work environment, safety climate, driver training, job satisfaction, and driving behaviors...
December 2015: Accident; Analysis and Prevention