More than half of Australia s truck drivers are obese and half experience psychological distress, survey finds
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It is difficult for truck drivers to stay healthy at work, Dr Ross Iles says.
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The largest national survey of the health of truck drivers has found widespread medical problems and psychological distress.
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Truck driver Frank Black says his biggest challenges have been keeping his weight down and maintaining relationships
Retired truck driver Jerry Brown-Barre says the industry is all about money, and the drivers, they re secondary
The Transport Workers Union said drivers need access to healthier food and places to exercise
Hawke s Bay: Truckie stuck in crashed cab while power company makes live lines safe
21 Jan, 2021 03:04 AM
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Emergency services waited to free the trapped driver who remained in the cab until the downed powerlines could be switched off. Photo / Rachel Wise
Emergency services waited to free the trapped driver who remained in the cab until the downed powerlines could be switched off. Photo / Rachel Wise
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Gianina Schwanecke
A truck driver phoned his family, smoked a few cigarettes and played Tetris on his phone while waiting to be freed after he was stuck in his crashed cab while a power company ensured power lines draped over his truck were safe.