TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Characteristics of motorcycle crashes of food delivery workers
JO  - Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
SP  - 157
EP  - 168
VL  - 36
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This study aims to understand the motorcycle accident characteristics of food delivery workers and to present basic guidelines on accident prevention through accident.     Background: It is known that food delivery workers have a high ratio of self-employed and youth workers, and occupations with frequent disasters. Therefore the occupation is known to really be in need of accident prevention policy.     Method: This study analyzed the data of motorcycle crashes of 1,310 food delivery workers that have been approved as on-duty industrial crashes since 2015. The accident characteristics were examined by dividing them into driver related factors and accident related factors.     Results: Among the motorcycle crashes of food delivery workers, 99.2% of the victims were males, 82.6% had less than six months of work experience. 76.2% of the victims were employed by the companies with less than five workers. In addition, there was a difference in accident characteristics according to age, type of cuisine, accident time of the day, injured organs and injured body part.     Conclusion: The results of this study can be used as baseline data to devise systematic measures to prevent motorcycle crashes of food delivery workers.     Application: Preventative measures for novice young part time workers including safety education/training need to be established.     Copyright 2017, Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1229-1684
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5143/JESK.2017.36.2.157
ID  - ref1
ER  -