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Title:

Truck Cab Scoring Tool: An Ergonomic and Anthropometric Analysis Tool for Assisting Fleet-Purchasing Decisions
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Accession Number:

01515608

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper presents a tool developed as part of a capstone design class at Oregon State University. The Cab Analysis and Scoring Tool (CAST) system was developed to assist Oregon DOT fleet services assess and select truck candidates, from an ergonomic perspective. The motivator to focus on ergonomic standards is the number of ergonomically induced truck driver related injuries in the United States. As a result, musculoskeletal disorders are one of the leading causes for on the job injuries. ODOT’s maintenance fleet must perform a variety of maintenance functions such as snow plows, asphalt application, sanding and as roadside vegetation control. As a result, a specific set of controls must be implemented in the truck cabs, resulting in awkward positioning, which increases the risk of MSD related injuries. As a result, the capstone project involved a team of three industrial engineering students that followed the engineering design method to analyze the problem and design a tool to evaluate truck cabs based on ergonomic standards. The goal of the CAST is to benchmark candidate trucks, based on ergonomic and anthropometric standards to assist with the Fleet Management Department’s purchase decisions. The resulting Cab Analysis and Scoring Tool (CAST) has the potential to assist departments of transportation, private fleet managers or any transportation organization in the evaluation and selection of truck cabs based on ergonomic standards to minimize ergonomic related injuries.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AT060 Trucking Industry Research.

Monograph Accession #:

01503729

Report/Paper Numbers:

14-3108

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

McGrath, John O
Bintoro, Lukas S
Chongvilaiwan, Tanida
Calvo-Amodio, Javier
McGinley, Patrick J
Shepherd, Christopher R
Van Ness, Ethan E

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2014

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Design; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-3108

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 27 2014 3:04PM