Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Lorry driver's time habits in work and their involvement in traffic accidents

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Lorry driver's time habits in work and their involvement in traffic accidents / Patrick Hamelin

Sumario: Using representative samples of drivers operating in freight transportation, the sociological features of lorry drivers, the process of formation of this group, and their work conditions are described. This demonstrated that the risk of involvement in an accident increases with the number of hours carried out, and according to the time at which the drivers are at the wheel (at the end of a normal working day and at night)

En: Ergonomics. - London [etc.]. - Vol. 30, nº 9, September 1987 ; p. 1323-1333

1. Ergonomía . 2. Conducción nocturna . 3. Biorritmos . 4. Trabajo nocturno . 5. Tiempos de trabajo . 6. Accidentes de tráfico . 7. Fatiga . 8. Jornada laboral . 9. Condiciones de trabajo . 10. Transporte terrestre . 11. Factores de riesgo . I. Título. II. Título: Ergonomics.