Evidence Report: Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Safety (Comprehensive Review): Volume 1 [November 21 2007]
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2007-11-21
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Alternative Title:Obstructive sleep apnea and commercial motor vehicle driver safety (comprehensive review);Sleep apnea and CMV driver safety;
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Edition:Evidence report; November 21, 2007.
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NTL Classification:NTL-FREIGHT-Trucking Industry;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety;
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Abstract:Of all occupations in the United States, workers in the trucking industry experience the third highest fatality rate, accounting for 12% of all worker deaths. About two-thirds of fatally injured truck workers were involved in highway crashes. According to statistics from the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), there were 4,932 fatal crashes involving a large truck in 2005 for a total of 5,212 fatalities. In addition, there were 137,144 nonfatal crashes; 59,405 of these were crashes that resulted in an injury to at least one individual (for a total of 89,681 injuries). The purpose of this evidence report is to address several key questions posed by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Each of these key questions was developed by FMCSA so that the answers to these questions would provide information that would be useful in updating its current medical examination guidelines.
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