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Field Quantification of Physical Exposures of Police Officers in Vehicle Operation
- Source :
- International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics. 17:61-68
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2011.
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Abstract
- Mobile police officers perform many of their daily duties in their vehicles. Combined workspace inflexibility and prolonged driving create potential musculoskeletal injury risks. Limited research exists that quantitatively describes postural and load exposures associated with mobile police work. The purpose of this study was to characterize officer activity during a typical workday and identify opportunities for ergonomic intervention. Digital video of traffic officers (N = 10) was used to classify postures according to work activity. Cumulative time in 10 activities was calculated, and a time-history of driver activity documented. Most (55.5 ± 13.4%) time was out of the vehicle, and 22.3 ± 10.5% was spent in single-arm driving. On paper documentation and mobile data terminal use were identified as in-car activities that may benefit from targeted interventions. The primary contribution of this study is characterization of daily mobile police activity and the identification of possible intervention strategies to mitigate physical exposure levels.
- Subjects :
- Automobile Driving
Engineering
Posture
Applied psychology
Video Recording
Mobile computing
Poison control
Computer security
computer.software_genre
Suicide prevention
Mobile data terminal
Occupational safety and health
Occupational Exposure
Injury prevention
medicine
Humans
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Computer Peripherals
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Human factors and ergonomics
medicine.disease
Police
Occupational Diseases
Musculoskeletal injury
business
Safety Research
computer
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23769130 and 10803548
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5348b222aac81ecbff149875a35be6de