TRANSPORTATION, WAREHOUSING AND UTILITIES
The mission of the NIOSH research program for the Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Sector is to eliminate occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among workers in these industries through a focused program of research and prevention. The program strives to fulfill its mission through the following methods:
- High Quality Research: NIOSH will continually strive for high quality research and prevention activities that will lead to reductions in occupational injuries and illnesses among workers in the Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities industries.
- Practical Solutions: The NIOSH program for the Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Sector is committed to the development of practical solutions to the complex problems that cause occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among workers in these industries.
- Partnerships: Collaborative efforts in partnership with labor, industry, government, and other stakeholders are usually the best means of achieving successful outcomes. Fostering these partnerships is a cornerstone of the NIOSH program for the Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Sector.
- Research to Practice (r2p): NIOSH research is truly valuable only when put into practice. Every research project within the NIOSH program for the Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Sector formulates a strategy to promote the transfer and translation of research findings into prevention practices and products that will be adopted in the workplace.
Miscarriage Among Flight Attendants
Epidemiology 2015 Mar; 26(2):192-203
Cosmic radiation and circadian disruption are potential reproductive hazards for flight attendants. We assessed cosmic radiation and circadian disruption from company records of 2 million individual flights. This research found that miscarriage was associated with flight attendant work during sleep hours and high physical job demands and may be associated with cosmic radiation exposure.
Trucker safety requires an alert, buckled-up, experienced driver, with a reliable vehicle and strong employer safety programs. About 2.6 million workers drive trucks that weigh over 10,000 pounds (large trucks). About 65% of on-the-job deaths of US truck drivers in 2012 were the result of a motor vehicle crash.
Motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of occupational fatalities in the United States in 2012, accounting for 25% of deaths. Truck drivers accounted for 46% of these deaths. This study estimates the prevalence of seat belt use and identifies factors associated with nonuse of seat belts among long-haul truck drivers (LHTDs), a group of workers at high risk for fatalities resulting from truck crashes.
New Ebola Fact Sheets for Airport Workers
Airline and other airport workers may be at risk if they are exposed to infected people who have the signs and symptoms of Ebola. Workers are also at risk if they are directly exposed to the blood or other body fluids of a patient with Ebola or to objects such as needles that have been contaminated with infected body fluids. The fact sheet for airport workers including:
Obesity and Other Risk Factors: The National Survey of U.S. Long-Haul Truck Driver Health and Injury
In 2010, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in partnership with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) of the Department of Transportation, initiated a survey to collect data about long-haul truck drivers' health and safety. This effort recognized a need for current, national estimates on work-related health and safety conditions in transportation workers, Data were collected during personal interviews with 1,265 long-haul drivers stopping at 32 different truck stops. The prevalence of selected health conditions and risk factors was determined and compared to national estimates from the 2010 U.S. adult working population of the 2010 National Health Interview Survey.
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