RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRUCK RIDE QUALITY AND DRIVERS' HEALTH: METHODOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

The authors have conducted a review of the state-of-knowledge about the health effects of long-term exposure to whole body shock and vibration; analyzed the problems of conducting definitive research into the relationship between long-term exposure to shock and vibration and the health of truck drivers; and has developed the requirements for a feasible, scientifically-sound epidemiological research program that can be implemented incrementally. The program contains seven phased and interrelated studies, six of which follow from an initial cross-sectional health survey conducted across the long-haul trucking industry. The initial survey will identify and describe the magnitude and nature of occupational health problems in the industry. Next, a retrospective case/comparison study will examine, analytically, the relationships between numerous personal, work history, and whole-body vibration factors and the occurrence or non-occurrence of disease. Other studies will examine the effects of whole-body vibration in different settings and populations. Each of these studies will provide information which will support the quantification of whole-body vibration (intensity and exposure) as it relates to particular disease development.

• Corporate Authors:

  Dunlap and Associates Incorporated

  One Parkland Drive
  Darien, CT  United States  06820

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • PEPLER, R D
  • Naughton Jr, T J
• Publication Date: 1980-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 73 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash exposure; Drivers; Fatalities; Health; Methodology; Occupational safety; Research projects; Riding qualities; State of the art studies; Truck drivers; Trucks; Vibration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Exposure; Morbidity
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety; I92: Vehicle Comfort;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00328374
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: ED-80-5 Final Rpt., HS-805 603
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-9-02312
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 15 1982 12:00AM