A survey was conducted to identify causative circumstances of accidents resulting in musculoskeletal injury to bus drivers either when involved in motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) or even when the bus is not in motion, non-motor vehicle accidents (non-MVAs). Within a major bus transport corporation (about 2900 drivers) 2520 accidents occurred within a period of 5 years. Of these, 398 cases were analysed in which clinical and radiological evidence of a musculoskeletal injury existed, and which led to at least 10 days of absence from work. The 398 accidents were classified as MVAs and non-MVAs and each category was subsequently subclassified according to the different circumstances of occurrence. Matching the types of injury with the circumstances of occurrence of the accidents allowed several conclusions to be drawn and suggestions to be made for eliminating the hazards of musculoskeletal injury to bus drivers.
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