A RESEARCH PROGRAMME OF THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT OF URBAN BUS DRIVERS IN DENMARK

The research programme consisted of five partial programmes, e.g: (1) a combined study of absenteeism, disability and death over a five year period ranging from 1972 to 1977, (2) a description of the work and the environment based on historical matters, ranging from 1962 to 1978, (3) a cross-sectional study of psychosocial factors, (4) a cross-sectional study of health, including a clinical examination, and (5) a study of noise, vibration, climate, air pollution and ergonomics in buses. Absenteeism was found to be 2-3 times greater among the Copenhagen bus drivers when compared with bus drivers of a smaller transit company in Odense. In nearly all the investigated psychosocial fields, the work of bus drivers was found to be dominated by strains on health as well as well-being. Clinical examinations (based on random samples) showed that bus drivers were more frequently ill when comparing with different reference groups. (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This First Nordic Congress on Traffic Medicine, The Man, The Cause and The Victim, held June 8-11, 1982, in Linkoeping, Sweden.
• Corporate Authors:

  Svensk Trafikmedicinsk Foerening

  P.O. Box 10043
  S-10055 Stockholm 10,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Laursen, P
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 22
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  • Publication of: Svensk Trafikmedicinsk Foerening
  • Publisher: Svensk Trafikmedicinsk Foerening

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Absenteeism; Air pollution; Automotive medicine; Bus drivers; Buses; Climate; Conferences; Drivers; Ergonomics; Fatalities; Health; Noise; Physical disabilities; Psychological aspects; Psychology; Social factors; Urban areas; Vibration
• Geographic Terms: Denmark
• ITRD Terms: 1394: Catalytic converter; 8525: Conference; 8028: Denmark; 1772: Driver; 2029: Ergonomics; 1602: Fatality; 2144: Health; 2255: Psychology; 6748: Sound; 313: Urban area; 5558: Vibration; 2545: Weather
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I92: Vehicle Comfort;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00372591
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 91-7372-589-2
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1983 12:00AM