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  • Tip Sheet: Managing COVID-19's Impacts on Driver Stress

    Even during normal operating conditions, truck drivers experience job stress from many sources. As the COVID-19 outbreak interrupts business as usual, it may intensify job stress for drivers as the uncertainty and risk it causes build up pressure.
    Washington — Other — 3/27/2020 — 4 Views

  • Social Distancing for Truck Drivers

    Connecting with others is important to do your job, but face-to-face interactions are a major way for the COVID-19 virus to spread. Avoiding close contact lowers the risk of contracting and spreading the disease. While truck drivers may not have the option to work from home, here are a few social distancing tips to keep them safe on the road.
    Washington — Other — 3/23/2020 — 4 Views

  • Always Expect a Train

    Better regulations, enforcement, engineering, and training have greatly reduced train and motor vehicle collisions across the United States. In fact, Federal Railroad Administration data show collisions declined 83 percent from 12,000 in 1972 to 2,123 in 2017, significantly reducing fatalities and injuries.
    Washington — Other — 3/12/2020 — 4 Views

  • Yard Tractors and Harm Factors (tip sheet)

    Yard tractors are known by different names: terminal tractor, hostler, spotter truck, yard truck, yard jockey, yard goat, or mule. Whatever you call them, operating yard tractors where vehicle and pedestrian traffic merges puts their drivers at the center of hazardous conditions that can injure or kill.
    Washington — Other — 3/12/2020 — 4 Views

  • Gig Economy Bicycle Food Delivery Worker Dies When Struck By a Dump Truck

    Results of an investigation by MA FACE into a work-related fatality, including recommendations for prevention.
    Massachusetts — Technical Report — 3/11/2020 — 7 Views

  • Tow Truck Driver Securing Vehicle to Tow Bed Struck by SUV Driver

    MIFACE, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), is a joint research project of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine’s Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division and the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth. More »
    Michigan — Technical Report — 2/26/2020 — 10 Views

  • 64-year-old front end loader operator fell while stepping into or from the loader cab and/or ascending or descending the loader's fixed ladder.

    MIFACE is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The occupational and environmental health team at Michigan State University works closely with and is a bona fide agent of both the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) to administer this project.
    Michigan — Case Report — 2/26/2020 — 6 Views

  • Data Fact Sheet: Tracking Work-Related Skull Fractures in Michigan

    This data fact sheet was developed from information obtained through Michigan's Project SENSOR (Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks), an occupational disease reporting and surveillance program. The occupational and environmental health team at Michigan State University works closely with and is a bona fide agent of both the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) to administer this project.
    Michigan — Other — 1/16/2020 — 16 Views

  • These Trucks Carry Big Risks

    A hand truck does things a semi-truck can't do. And while it's much smaller than a rig, the injury risks are still big. It is a basic piece of equipment, but using it wrongly can complicate your safety.
    Washington — Other — 1/2/2020 — 4 Views

  • Put a Freeze on Injuries

    Loading docks and terminal yards can be dangerous places at any time of the year. The combination of trucks, forklifts, ledges, steps, stacked freight, pallet debris, rollup doors, and pedestrians increases the risk of struck-by and slip, trip, and fall injuries. When you throw winter weather into the mix, the risk can get even worse.
    Washington — Other — 12/19/2019 — 4 Views
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