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Heath Study On
Package Car Drivers
The University of Illinois at Chicago was commissioned by the Teamsters to study the impact of occupational stress on package car drivers.The conclusions:" Job stress is a significant health hazard for UPS Package Truck Drivers.These workers scored in the top 91% of the population on the Global Stress Index...Reported exposure heat, cold, noise, or other environmental stressors...
places them in the 99th percentile for this scale... The Package Truck Drivers scored significantly above the norm on all summary and individual scales... indicating a substantial increase in psychological distress for this group... RECOMMENDATIONS: A corporate wide approach to the study and reduction of workplace stress for Package Truck Drivers is necessary at UPS."
http://pupsinc.homestead.com/Univ_of_IL_study_on_UPS_Package_Car_Drivers.pdf
Package Car Drivers
The University of Illinois at Chicago was commissioned by the Teamsters to study the impact of occupational stress on package car drivers.The conclusions:" Job stress is a significant health hazard for UPS Package Truck Drivers.These workers scored in the top 91% of the population on the Global Stress Index...Reported exposure heat, cold, noise, or other environmental stressors...
places them in the 99th percentile for this scale... The Package Truck Drivers scored significantly above the norm on all summary and individual scales... indicating a substantial increase in psychological distress for this group... RECOMMENDATIONS: A corporate wide approach to the study and reduction of workplace stress for Package Truck Drivers is necessary at UPS."
http://pupsinc.homestead.com/Univ_of_IL_study_on_UPS_Package_Car_Drivers.pdf