Chappel Stephanie E, Naweed Anjum, Vandelanotte Corneel, Chapman Janine, Holtermann Andreas, Straker Leon
Appleton Institute for Behavioural Science, Central Queensland University, Adelaide, Australia.
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
J Occup Health. 2025 Jan 7;67(1). doi: 10.1093/joccuh/uiaf049.
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.
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 tasks and sub-tasks, with simultaneous accelerometry to quantify the physical behaviors.
Ten male passenger train drivers, median age of 53 years, were observed. The hierarchical task analysis identified seven main tasks: Pre-Service, Set-Up, Driving, Switching Ends, Pack-Up, Waiting Time, and Breaks. Driving was almost all sitting (99%), whereas Set-Up and Switching Ends involved considerable moderate/vigorous physical activity (24% and 21%, respectively). Physical behaviors varied within tasks due to worker characteristics (eg, individual motivation), uncontrolled work elements (eg, weather), and structural work elements (eg, timetables).
Passenger train drivers' physical behaviors at work were largely determined by their work tasks, but varied with worker characteristics, as well as uncontrolled and structural work elements. These findings may be used to inform future job redesigns to promote passenger train drivers' health through their physical behaviors at work.
铁路客运司机的身体行为会给个人、组织和社区带来风险。由于工作任务被认为会决定工作时间内的身体行为，因此有必要阐明工作任务如何决定铁路客运司机的身体行为，以便改进工作设计。本研究的目的是描述客运列车司机在工作任务和休息期间的身体行为，并探讨哪些潜在影响因素会导致任务内身体行为的差异。
对南澳大利亚的客运列车司机进行了一项探索性观察性实地研究。在一个班次中直接观察司机，并进行层次任务分析以确定他们的主要工作任务和子任务，同时使用加速度计来量化身体行为。
观察了10名男性客运列车司机，中位年龄为53岁。层次任务分析确定了七项主要任务：岗前准备、列车准备、驾驶、换端、收车、等待时间和休息。驾驶时几乎全是坐着（99%），而列车准备和换端涉及大量中等强度/剧烈身体活动（分别为24%和21%）。由于工人特征（如个人动机）、不可控工作因素（如天气）和结构性工作因素（如时刻表），任务内的身体行为存在差异。
客运列车司机工作时的身体行为在很大程度上由其工作任务决定，但会因工人特征以及不可控和结构性工作因素而有所不同。这些发现可用于为未来的工作重新设计提供参考，以通过客运列车司机工作时的身体行为促进他们的健康。
