The issues presented in the article are a fragment of research concerning the modeling and assessment of risk in the transport of dangerous goods. One of the elements influencing the probability of an undesirable event occurring during the transport of the mentioned goods is the human factor. The efficiency of its operation is determined, among other things, by the conditions in which it works. The aim of the survey and expert research conducted among drivers operating transport vehicles for dangerous goods was to identify the burdensome factors occurring in their work. The article presents an analysis of the obtained results and the possibilities of their use in further work.INTRODUCTION
In the countries of the European Union, as well as in other European countries, the issue of road transport of dangerous goods is regulated by the ADR agreement [1] and numerous EU directives, e.g., Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods, Council Directive No. 95/50 of 6 October 1995 on uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road [5]. There are also legal acts issued in individual member states, including Polish regulations [15]. The transport of dangerous goods and the assessment of risks associated with their transport are also carried out on the basis of the principles formulated in the ADR agreement. The transport of dangerous goods poses a potential threat to human life and health and the natural environment [2], [6], [7]. Every accident involving dangerous goods entails legal action against the carrier. Every year, several hundred collisions involving vehicles with dangerous goods are recorded [11]. Most often these are tankers transporting liquid fuels, and any damage to a tanker filled with petroleum substances, regardless of its size, leads to the formation of spills that penetrate the soil, groundwater, and watercourses, causing the degradation of biological life [9]. (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine 4/2011