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When the Workplace Is Behind the Wheel:  Improving occupational safety for truckers (and the rest of us).

When the Workplace Is Behind the Wheel: Improving occupational safety for truckers (and the rest of us).

Update: 2022-06-07
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Close to half of all workplace deaths result from transportation incidents, including crashes that involve large trucks. Drivers of those trucks are at higher risk than workers in other jobs. And to the degree that we share road space with truckers, the risk extends to the rest of us, too. Evolving policies resulting from new research could help to change that.

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When the Workplace Is Behind the Wheel:  Improving occupational safety for truckers (and the rest of us).

When the Workplace Is Behind the Wheel: Improving occupational safety for truckers (and the rest of us).

Texas A&M Transportation Institute