Seat technology for commercial drivers

Commercial truck and bus drivers spend many hours sitting throughout the workday, sometimes between 8 to 10 hours per day and 40 to 60 hours per week. Low back pain is one of the most commonly reported health conditions by professional drivers, which has been linked to exposure to whole-body vibrations (WBV) while driving on the job. For many decades, the industry standard for commercial driver seats has utilized passive air suspension (air-ride) systems. In recent years, new technologies in active suspension and semi active suspension seats have become available in the market and have been found to help reduce the harmful impacts of WBV.

OHWC’s latest Medium.com article was adapted from a new two-pager that shares the benefits of semi-active and active suspension seat technology for commercial drivers. Readers will learn about the benefits of semi-active and active suspension seat technology for commercial drivers.

Medium.com is a crowd-sourced online publishing platform featuring a variety of trending topics and news in the media, research and more. The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) has published a new Medium.com article, “Seat Technology to Improve the Safety and Health of Commercial Drivers.” OHWC publishes a new article every quarter.Signing up to read articles on Medium.com is free and users can access 3 articles per month.

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Learn more about Dr. Ryan Olson’s Tech4Rest study on YourWorkpath.com or from a previous blog post on Oregon and the Workplace featuring Tech4Rest written by Pete Johnson, Ph.D., MS, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington. 

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Helen Schuckers

Helen Schuckers is the Dissemination Specialist for the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences and Oregon Healthy Workforce Center. Her role is to translate research into practice where she is the link between scientists and potential adopters of occupational safety, health and well-being toolkits and tools. She actively engages in community outreach with human resources and wellness professionals around Oregon to expand efforts in disseminating Total Worker Health toolkits developed by the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center. She received a MPH from the University of Texas School of Public Health and a BS in Radio, TV and Film from The University of Texas at Austin, College of Communications.

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