NIOSH Funds Development of Novel Training Tools to Prevent Injuries in the Trucking Industry

Innovative occupational injury prevention training tools grab the attention of workers and employers. Hearing this need from a Washington State steering committee, NIOSH funded the Trucking Injury Reduction Emphasis through Surveillance (TIRES) project. TIRES staff developed two computer-based simulations to demonstrate the risks for injury associated with common work activities in trucking. The simulations address injuries from exiting the truck cab and trailer (http://www.keeptruckingsafe.org/game.html) and slip, trips and falls on working surfaces (http://www.keeptruckingsafe.org/game_2.html).

These training simulations are available at www.KeepTruckingSafe.org. And Pdfs and PowerPoint files are also available for classroom training.