Deaths At Work: Truck Drivers Had Highest Number of Fatal Injuries Compared to Any Other Job

[cheryl]

Deaths At Work: Truck Drivers Had Highest Number of Fatal Injuries Compared to Any Other Job - Newsweek

Truck drivers and delivery workers had the highest number of workplace fatalities in 2016, more than any other occupation, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report, released in December, found that 918 truck drivers and driver sales workers died on the job.

There were 5,190 fatal work injuries across all occupations and industries in 2016, a 7 percent increase from the year before and the highest number since 2008. The number of fatal injuries among truck drivers far exceeds the 260 fatalities for farmers and agricultural managers, the occupation with the next-highest number of fatal workplace injuries.

 

[rickyb]

driving is not safe at all. i hate it. used to like it a bit. especially hate how narrow the lanes are for big trucks and bridges. the government car insurance in my province is savage. i stay out of the left lane unless im turning left; trying to avoid head on collisions. never been in an accident; almost been in a few. i want to get bright headlights for my car.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Moving thread to UPS Headlines forum. Please be more careful where you post.

 

[542thruNthru]

^^^ Best Mod Ever!^^^

You should give classes.

 

[Jkloc420]

ups dont care

 

[Jkloc420]

Moving thread to UPS Headlines forum. Please be more careful where you post.

ill move u

 

[JackStraw]

This would mainly apply to feeders. Most package cars are doing 25.

 

[Jackburton]

This would mainly apply to feeders. Most package cars are doing 25.

You talking about the speed of the package car moving from a dead stop due to someone slamming into it in a neighborhood?

 

[bottomups]

We are safe. We don't drive trucks. We drive package cars.

 

[JackStraw]

You talking about the speed of the package car moving from a dead stop due to someone slamming into it in a neighborhood?

No. A deadly accident at 25 is highly unlikely.

 

[Observer]

Unfortunately with the 70 hour work weeks being forced- I feel more accidents are on the horizon. If might improve with the self-driving cars but that is a long long time coming. Too many people are terrible drivers and the laws are too lax in their punishments of same.

 

[Big Package]

RIP to fallen Brothers and Sisters

 

[DOK]

Link won’t open.

 

[Jackburton]

No. A deadly accident at 25 is highly unlikely.

Unless it’s a shifter on the yard crushing employees at dock doors.

 

[Heavy Package]

UPS doesn't give 2 about you, your family, safety, NOTHING! They MANDATED per DIAD instructions that we CAN NOT come in unless a supervisor or center manager approved it. This is where we got snow which then froze to a sheet of compacted snow and ice for both Thursday and Friday.

Kept us on road until after 8pm last night. No one on the roads. Just ing UPS and the deer running their frozen es off into the woods when they hear my engine and truck skidding all down the road to deliver pampers and amazon .

 

[Analbumcover]

UPS doesn't give 2 s about you, your family, safety, NOTHING! They MANDATED per DIAD instructions that we CAN NOT come in unless a supervisor or center manager approved it. This is where we got snow which then froze to a sheet of compacted snow and ice for both Thursday and Friday.

Kept us on road until after 8pm last night. No one on the roads. Just friending UPS and the deer running their frozen ases off into the woods when they hear my engine and truck skidding all down the road to deliver pampers and amazon sh.

I wonder how much of that is center culture. Our management team told us to focus on bulk/businesses only and only deliver resis if they're well-paved developments that we know are safe. They even held back several country routes yesterday knowing that it would be pointless to send them out.

We had quite a few drivers EC'ing packages in the center and throwing them back on the belt before they even left and nobody said a word.

 

[sailfish]

I wonder if these statistic figures include blowing your own brains out from putting up with UPS for too long.

 

[Dr.Brownz]

This is why UPS needs to pay us more, vote no on the contract

 

[Non sequitur]

UPS doesn't give 2 s about you, your family, safety, NOTHING! They MANDATED per DIAD instructions that we CAN NOT come in unless a supervisor or center manager approved it. This is where we got snow which then froze to a sheet of compacted snow and ice for both Thursday and Friday.

Kept us on road until after 8pm last night. No one on the roads. Just friending UPS and the deer running their frozen ases off into the woods when they hear my engine and truck skidding all down the road to deliver pampers and amazon sh.

This defines what's wrong with our economy. If economic conditions improved significantly you would have choices.