Fatigue in long-haul truck drivers: a concept analysis

JM Wise, K Heaton, P Patrician - Workplace health & safety, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The majority of long-haul truck drivers are affected by fatigue. Notably, fatigue impacts not
only quality of life, but the risk for human error, thus impacting the safety of our nation's …

Profiling contextual factors which influence safety in heavy vehicle industries

JRD Edwards, J Davey, KA Armstrong - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2014 - Elsevier
A significant proportion of worker fatalities within Australia result from truck-related incidents.
Truck drivers face a number of health and safety concerns. Safety culture, viewed here as …

Differences in pre-sleep activity and sleep location are associated with variability in daytime/nighttime sleep electrophysiology in the domestic dog

N Bunford, V Reicher, A Kis, Á Pogány, F Gombos… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The domestic dog (Canis familiaris) is a promising animal model. Yet, the canine
neuroscience literature is predominantly comprised of studies wherein (semi-) invasive …

[HTML][HTML] Truckies' nutrition and physical activity: a cross-sectional survey in Queensland, Australia

MC Sendall, LK McCosker, R Ahmed… - The international journal …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Truck drivers are at increased risk of diet-and physical activity-related chronic diseases.
Despite this, there is a paucity of data about Australian truck drivers' diet and physical activity …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of truck driver rest locations and sleep quality

FP Rocha, EC Marqueze, G Kecklund… - Sleep …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
Objectives: Truck drivers' work organization requires that rest and sleep be taken in various
locations, where sleep quality might be affected by the discomfort of these environments …

Fatigue-inducing factors in transportation operators

M Sallinen, C Hublin - Reviews of human factors and …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Knowledge of the factors that make the operator become fatigued is a founding pillar of
fatigue risk management. In this chapter, we introduce a model of the fatigue-inducing …

Happiness vs. Wellness During the Recovery Process in High Performance Sport

J Calleja-González, N Terrados, R Martín-Acero… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In the last June 2017, Dr. Martin Buchheit alerted the Sport's community with an editorial
entitled “Houston, we still have a problem,”(Buchheit, 2017) published in one of the most …

Sleep duration and sleep efficiency in UK long-distance heavy goods vehicle drivers

AP Sherry, SA Clemes, YL Chen… - Occupational and …, 2022 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives To profile sleep duration and sleep efficiency in UK long-distance heavy goods
vehicle (HGV) drivers and explore demographic, occupational and lifestyle predictors of …

21st century trucking: A trajectory for ergonomics and road freight

M Bedinger, GH Walker, M Piecyk, P Greening - Applied ergonomics, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the past decade there has been significant pressure to minimise emissions and safety
risks related to commercial driving. This pressure to meet the triple bottom line of cost …

Fatigue management in safety-critical operations: History, terminology, management system frameworks, and industry challenges

A Fletcher, B Hooper, I Dunican… - Reviews of human …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The experience of fatigue is common to all human beings, since fatigue is a naturally
occurring state of being. In occupational settings, fatigue can pose a threat to people …