Fatally injured truck drivers.

Author(s)
Karlson, T.A. Baker, S.P. & Morton, B.F.
Year
Abstract

Autopsy findings on 68 fatally injured truck drivers were reviewed to ascertain severe injuries sustained upon impact with the occupant compartment. Injuries of the head, neck, chest, and abdomen in drivers of vans, pickups, and heavy trucks are discussed with some suggestions as to possible mechanisms. Findings suggest that particular attention is needed to prevent steering assembly injuries of the chest and abdomen in drivers of heavy trucks and pickups, injuries of the cervical spinal column in drivers of pickups, and head injuries of the drivers of vans.

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Publication

Library number
B 17682 (In: B 12458 [electronic version only]) /84/ IRRD 236584
Source

In: Proceedings of the 21st Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine AAAM, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, September 15-17, 1977, p. 367-378, 7 tab., 17 ref.

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