Work tasks drive the physical behaviors of passenger train drivers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Passenger rail drivers' physical behaviors contribute to individual, organizational, and community risks. As work tasks are theorized to determine physical behaviors performed during work hours, there is a need to clarify how work tasks determine passenger rail drivers' physical behaviors to inform improved work design. The aim of this study was to describe the physical behaviors of passenger train drivers across their work tasks and breaks, and explore what potential influences create variations in physical behaviors within tasks.

Methods

An exploratory observational field study was conducted with passenger train drivers in South Australia. Across a shift drivers were observed directly, and a hierarchical task analysis was conducted to identify their main work ta

SUBMITTER: Chappel SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12456960 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature