Truck Cab Scoring Tool: An Ergonomic and Anthropometric Analysis Tool for Assisting Fleet-Purchasing Decisions

This paper presents a tool developed as part of a capstone design class at Oregon State University. The Cab Analysis and Scoring Tool (CAST) system was developed to assist Oregon DOT fleet services assess and select truck candidates, from an ergonomic perspective. The motivator to focus on ergonomic standards is the number of ergonomically induced truck driver related injuries in the United States. As a result, musculoskeletal disorders are one of the leading causes for on the job injuries. ODOT’s maintenance fleet must perform a variety of maintenance functions such as snow plows, asphalt application, sanding and as roadside vegetation control. As a result, a specific set of controls must be implemented in the truck cabs, resulting in awkward positioning, which increases the risk of MSD related injuries. As a result, the capstone project involved a team of three industrial engineering students that followed the engineering design method to analyze the problem and design a tool to evaluate truck cabs based on ergonomic standards. The goal of the CAST is to benchmark candidate trucks, based on ergonomic and anthropometric standards to assist with the Fleet Management Department’s purchase decisions. The resulting Cab Analysis and Scoring Tool (CAST) has the potential to assist departments of transportation, private fleet managers or any transportation organization in the evaluation and selection of truck cabs based on ergonomic standards to minimize ergonomic related injuries.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AT060 Trucking Industry Research.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • McGrath, John O
  • Bintoro, Lukas S
  • Chongvilaiwan, Tanida
  • Calvo-Amodio, Javier
  • McGinley, Patrick J
  • Shepherd, Christopher R
  • Van Ness, Ethan E
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC
  • Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
• Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 13p
• Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Cabs (Vehicle compartments); Decision support systems; Ergonomics; Fleet management; Industrial engineering; Injuries; Maintenance practices; Purchasing; Truck drivers; Trucks; Vehicle design
• Identifier Terms: Oregon Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01515608
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-3108
• Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 24 2014 10:41AM