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Work‐related injury factors and safety climate perception in truck drivers
Author(s) -
Anderson Naomi J.,
Smith Caroline K.,
Byrd Jesse L.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.22737
Subject(s) - medicine , occupational safety and health , occupational injury , injury prevention , descriptive statistics , logistic regression , poison control , odds , workers' compensation , human factors and ergonomics , environmental health , population , odds ratio , applied psychology , compensation (psychology) , psychology , statistics , social psychology , mathematics , pathology
The trucking industry has a high burden of work‐related injuries. This study examined factors, such as safety climate perceptions, that may impact injury risk. Method A random sample of 9800 commercial driver's license holders (CDL) were sent surveys, only 4360 were eligible truck drivers. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models were developed to describe the population and identify variables associated with work‐related injury. Results 2189 drivers completed the pertinent interview questions. Driving less‐than‐truckload, daytime sleepiness, pressure to work faster, and having a poor composite score for safety perceptions were all associated with increased likelihood of work‐related injury. Positive safety perception score was protective for odds of work‐related injury, and increased claim filing when injured. Conclusions Positive psychological safety climate is associated with decreased likelihood of work‐related injury and increased likelihood that a driver injured on the job files a workers’ compensation claim.