Work-related violence experienced by urban taxi drivers

2014 ◽  
Vol 57 (12) ◽  
pp. 1377-1385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara J. Burgel ◽  
Marion Gillen ◽  
Mary C. White
Keyword(s):  
Taxi Drivers ◽  
Work Related

Comparison of work-related traffic crashes between male taxi drivers aged ≥65 years and <65 years in South Korea

Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-380
Author(s):  
Dong Seok Shin ◽  
Byung Yong Jeong ◽  
Myoung Hwan Park
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Weather Condition ◽  
Body Part ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Taxi Drivers ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Road Type

BACKGROUND: The percentage of drivers aged ≥65 years among all Korean taxi drivers has risen sharply from 3.2% in 2006 to 22.0% in 2016. OBJECTIVE: This study compared the characteristics of work-related traffic crashes between male taxi drivers aged ≥65 years and <65 years. METHODS: Using the national compensation data of South Korea, 586 injured male taxi drivers were analyzed based on driver-related (work experience, company size, employment status, injured body part, and injury type) and crash-related factors (time and day of the crash, weather condition, road type, violation and drowsiness) by age group. RESULTS: For the injured drivers aged ≥65, percentages of the crashes related to some factors were lower than those of the drivers aged <65 years: at night (55.2% vs. 64.0%), on rainy or snowy day (7.8% vs. 21.3%), on straight road (40.5% vs 50.9%) and on the expressway (6.9% vs. 13.0%). However, the percentage of the crashes related to a violation for the injured drivers aged ≥65 years (23.3%) was higher than that of the drivers aged <65 years (13.4%). Furthermore, the taxi drivers aged ≥65 years had a higher death rate (14.7%) than the drivers aged <65 years (8.5%). CONCLUSIONS: The results can be useful for injury prevention policies and guidelines for elderly taxi drivers such as strengthened qualification tests for the aged drivers and improvement of the working environment.

Health status, job stress and work-related injury among Los Angeles taxi drivers

Work ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 705-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pin-Chieh Wang ◽  
Linda Delp
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Taxi Drivers ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work Related Injury

scholarly journals Relationship of Nutritional Status to Incidency Symptom Respiratory on Online Ojek Drivers in Malang City, East Java, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 644-649
Author(s):  
Salwa Rizqi Salsabila ◽  
Hanna Cakrawati ◽  
Thahri Iskandar
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Respiratory Muscles ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Respiratory Disorders ◽  
Taxi Drivers ◽  
Respiratory Problems ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
Motorcycle Taxi ◽  
Relationship Of

Backgrounds/Aims: Respiratory disease is one of occupational disease that increasing and becoming the biggest three diseases that contribute more than three-quarters of total work-related deaths with circulations disease and neoplasm. Exposure to dust, allergens and toxins are some of the risk factors for respiratory diseases. One of the jobs with a high risk of exposure to air pollution is online motorcycle taxi drivers, they inhale pollution from the transportation sector and pollutant gases in the air which can cause respiratory problems. In addition, nutrition and respiratory disorders have an important relationship. In the recovery process, nutritional status has an important impact in the process of breaking down proteins contained in muscles including respiratory muscles in the catabolism process. Methods: This study was an analytic observation and the data was collected retrospectively in online motorcycle taxi drivers in Malang City with inclusion criteria on April 2021. Results: 108 online motorcycle taxi drivers in Malang, aged 15-55 years, 96.3% men, respiratory disorders 76.9% respondents with 93.6% underweight. Respiratory symptom more having common cold 66,7%, cough 42,6% and phlegm 38,9%. The relationship between nutritional status and the incidence of respiratory symptoms was 8.1 times (95% CI (1.9-16.4) p = 0.017). Conclusions: There is a significant relationship between nutritional status and symptoms of respiratory disorders in online motorcycle taxi drivers in Malang City with 8 times. Keywords: acute ischemic, stroke, platelet lymphocyte ratio, poor outcome.

scholarly journals Pattern of alcohol consumption among motorcycle taxi drivers

Rev Rene ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. e43603
Author(s):  
Jhones Moreira da Silva ◽  
Renan Alves Silva ◽  
Fernanda Matos Fernandes Castelo Branco
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Taxi Drivers ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Motorcycle Taxi

Objective: to identify the factors associated with the pattern of alcohol consumption among motorcycle taxi drivers. Methods: cross-sectional study, carried out with 68 motorcycle taxi professionals. A socio-demographic questionnaire, work-related aspects, traffic accidents and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification were used, for the pattern of alcohol use. The Chi-square and Fisher’s exact association tests were used for data analysis and logistic regression. Results: it was found that 48.5% consumed alcoholic beverages, 75.0% had low risk consumption, 16.2% risk, 7.4% harmful use and 1.5% possible dependence. The variables that obtained significance were naturalness, use of alcoholic beverages and quantity of drinks drunk in the day. Conclusion: there was a trend between naturalness and risky consumption. In addition, using alcoholic beverages monthly and the amount of doses greater than five doses, on the same day, increased 20 times and 10.0% more the chance of triggering problematic alcohol consumption.

Determining Work Related Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-21
Author(s):  
Alan W. Langman ◽  
Iris B. Langman
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Noise Induced Hearing Loss ◽  
Work Related

Shoulder Pain at Work: Causation Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Joel Weddington ◽  
Charles N. Brooks ◽  
Mark Melhorn ◽  
Christopher R. Brigham
Keyword(s):  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Shoulder Injury ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Causation Analysis ◽  
Injury Causation ◽  
Relevant Factors

Abstract In most cases of shoulder injury at work, causation analysis is not clear-cut and requires detailed, thoughtful, and time-consuming causation analysis; traditionally, physicians have approached this in a cursory manner, often presenting their findings as an opinion. An established method of causation analysis using six steps is outlined in the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Guidelines and in the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Disease and Injury Causation, Second Edition, as follows: 1) collect evidence of disease; 2) collect epidemiological data; 3) collect evidence of exposure; 4) collect other relevant factors; 5) evaluate the validity of the evidence; and 6) write a report with evaluation and conclusions. Evaluators also should recognize that thresholds for causation vary by state and are based on specific statutes or case law. Three cases illustrate evidence-based causation analysis using the six steps and illustrate how examiners can form well-founded opinions about whether a given condition is work related, nonoccupational, or some combination of these. An evaluator's causal conclusions should be rational, should be consistent with the facts of the individual case and medical literature, and should cite pertinent references. The opinion should be stated “to a reasonable degree of medical probability,” on a “more-probable-than-not” basis, or using a suitable phrase that meets the legal threshold in the applicable jurisdiction.

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