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BACKGROUND:For truck drivers, distracted driving is a workplace behavior that increases occupational injury risk. We propose safety climate as an appropriate lens through which researchers can examine occupational distracted driving. METHODS:Using a mixed methods study design, we surveyed truck drivers using the Safety Climate Questionnaire (SCQ) complemented by semi-structured interviews of experts on distracted driving and truck safety. Safety climate was assessed by using the entire SCQ as an overall climate score, followed by factor analysis that identified the following safety climate factors: Communications and Procedures; Management Commitment; and Work Pressure. RESULTS:In multivariate regression, the overall safety climate scale was associated with having ever experienced a crash and/or distraction-involved swerving. Interview participants described how these SCQ constructs could affect occupational distracted driving. CONCLUSION:To reduce distraction-related crashes in their organizations, management can adhere to safe policies and procedures, invest in engineering controls, and develop safer communication procedures.
journal_name
Am J Ind Medjournal_title
American journal of industrial medicineauthors
Swedler DI,Pollack KM,Agnew Jdoi
10.1002/ajim.22473subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-07-01 00:00:00pages
746-55issue
7eissn
0271-3586issn
1097-0274journal_volume
58pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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