@article{ref1,
title="Workplace safety in private companies of freights and on the road workers: comparison between small and medium enterprises",
journal="La Medicina del lavoro",
year="2012",
author="Mannocci, Alice and Gabrijelcic, Simona and Di Thiene, Domitilla and Saulle, Rosella and Boccia, A. and La Torre, G.",
volume="103",
number="4",
pages="268-275",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The road freight and passenger transport sector exposes the workers of this sector to a considerable health risk. Application of the relative legislation to safeguard worker's safety is an obligation for the employer. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to assess the application of current legislation in the trucking sector and ascertain whether there are differences between large and small enterprises. METHODS: The study was conducted through direct interview with managers of road freight and passenger transport companies in the Lazio Region in 2009. Information was collected using a questionnaire composed of 77 items concerning risk assessment and organization aspects in the enterprises. The enterprisers were stratified by number of workers and drivers. To detect possible associations the Chi-squared and Fisher's Exact tests were used. RESULTS: A total of 42 enterprisers participated in the study. Significant differences were found between larger enterprisers (10 workers) and smaller enterprises (< 10 workers), concerning risk assessment from vibrations (p = 0.006), night work (p = 0.026), microclimatic conditions (p = 0.047). Regarding risk prevention/management aspects, the enterprisers with a higher number of workers were more likely to have a workers' representative for safety compared to the smaller enterprises (respectively 88.9% versus 50.0%) and a road accidents Register (77.8% versus 16.7%), with p < 0.001 significance levels. CONCLUSIONS: The risks most frequently assessed, in decreasing order, were: vibrations, manual handling of loads, stress, noise, awkward postures, night work, alcohol consumption, drug addiction and microclimatic conditions. Vibrations, night work and microclimatic conditions risks were assessed to a lower degree in the smaller enterprisers compared to the larger enterprises.<p /> <p>Language: it</p>",
language="it",
issn="0025-7818",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}