DocumentCode
2651199
Title
A preliminary study of work problems on train drivers
Author
Qiu, Jing ; Helbig, R. ; Rabenstein, H. ; Williams, M.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Mechatron. Eng., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
fYear
2011
fDate
17-19 June 2011
Firstpage
1022
Lastpage
1026
Abstract
The present paper describes the findings from a preliminary study of the work problems on train drivers in new work situations. The train driver work system is a compound and complex system with many factors. It is not possible to isolate any contributing factor for work problems from the whole system. The effects of the factors for the problems on the train drivers were studied. The major factors were work hour and schedule, work-life balance, driving on the similar route in the same locomotives, behaviors of passengers and fallback strategies of the automatic systems.
Keywords
locomotives; railway safety; automatic systems; fallback strategies; locomotives; train drivers; work problems; work-life balance; Companies; Driver circuits; Ergonomics; Rail transportation; Safety; Schedules; Sleep; train driver; work demand; work safety; work system;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering (ICQR2MSE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Xi´an
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1229-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICQR2MSE.2011.5976778
Filename
5976778
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