Injuries resulting from exiting trucks, tractors, and vans represent a substantial cost to businesses. Although many of these vehicles have aids such as steps and grab rails, drivers and other workers fail to make use of them. The impact stress or forces on the lower body are a result of jumping from the cab or a lower step rather than maintaining contact with the steps and grab rails throughout the entire exiting process. These forces can be as high as 10 to 12 times the weight of the individual. Keep in mind that the higher the distance, the greater the impact […]