All workers
This fact sheet recommends ways employers can keep workers safe when driving or riding in a motor ve...
NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety Strategic Plan, 2020–2029, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 202...
As summer approaches, employers may consider hiring young workers that may perform driving duties as...
Managing motor vehicle crash risks associated with marijuana impairment is important, as marijuana i...
One safety tool that companies are using to prevent crashes is in-vehicle monitoring systems (IVMS).
Truck drivers
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Driving a truck is a very demanding job. Lack of sleep makes it more difficult to meet the demands o...
Truck drivers spend long hours behind the wheel, working an average of 41.5 hours per week.2 Therefo...
First responders
This fact sheet highlights results from a study evaluating the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Departm...
This document outlines midcourse review purpose, methodology, results of internal review and externa...
NIOSH Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) Motor Vehicle Crash and Struck-by Fatality Investigations Pilot...
Motor vehicle events, including crashes and being struck by vehicles while outside your patrol car,...
The Officer Road Code Toolkit is designed to promote safe driving practices within an agency so that...
2022-2024
2018-2021
2013-2017
2008-2012
Motor-vehicle crashes are the leading cause of occupational fatality among Law Enforcement Officers...
NIOSH research revealed a number of important factors involved in ambulance worker injuries and deat...
Fire fighters may be at risk for crash-related injuries while operating excess and other surplus veh...
As part of the National Occupational Research Agenda, researchers at NIOSH set out to reduce ambulan...
Struck-by incidents are one of the leading causes of injury-related death for law enforcement office...
Highway work zone workers
Workers on roadway construction worksites are exposed to possible injury and death from moving const...
Workers who operate or work around roller/compactors are at risk of injury from a machine rollover o...
A NIOSH review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data identifi...
NIOSH reviewed the current literature on highway safety, analyzed data on worker fatalities in the h...
Between 1992 and 2001, 13,337 civilian workers died in roadway crashes, an average of 4 deaths each...
NIOSH requests assistance in preventing injuries and deaths among workers who operate, service, or w...
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) requests assistance in preventing...
The first edition of this Alert applied only to forklifts operated in a sitting position. However, t...
WARNING! Many workers are at high risk of injury and death from traffic-related motor vehicle crashe...
Oil and gas extraction workers
Oil and gas workers drive long distances from their homes, lodging sites, and equipment yards to rea...
Oil and gas employers are responsible for the health and safety of their employees. This fact sheet...
This video encourages oil and gas extraction workers to wear a seat belt whenever in a moving motor...
Other
Employers and parents/guardians can play an important role in keeping young drivers safe on the road...
Research shows that older drivers are more likely than their younger counterparts to adopt safe beha...
NIOSH reviewed the current literature on highway safety, analyzed data on worker fatalities in the h...
NIOSH Fast Facts Taxi Drivers How to Prevent Robbery and Violence, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2...
Driving from client to client, home healthcare workers are at high risk for motor vehicle-related in...
This construction vehicle list helps to visualize areas near vehicles and equipment.
Archived
2015-2019
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Center for Motor Vehicle Safety (C...
The NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety conducted a midcourse review of its NIOSH Center for Motor...
The NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety Strategic Plan for Research and Prevention, 2014-2018 sets...
The NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety Strategic Plan for Research and Prevention, 2014-2018 outl...
2010-2014
This fact sheet will help employers be more aware of the risk of motor vehicle crashes among younger...
If you are a parent of a teen or young adult who drives as part of his or her job, it is important t...
2005-2009
Roadway crashes are the leading cause of occupational fatalities for older workers in the U.S. Betwe...
2000-2004
Roadway crashes are the leading cause of occupational fatalities in the U.S.
Between 1992 and 2001, 13,337 civilian workers died in roadway crashes, an average of 4 deaths each...
This bulletin notes two firefighter fatalities that involved fatal collisions between fire vehicles...
Mobile water supply vehicles, known as tankers or tenders, are widely used to transport water to are...
The number of fire fighters struck and killed by motor vehicles has dramatically increased within re...
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