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low-floor delivery vehicle has a low cargo compartment, so you have to kneel or bend your back a lot every time you load and take it out. There are many delivery drivers who suffer from pain because they work in such an uncomfortable position, but we have obtained an independent survey report that the risk of getting musculoskeletal disorders is greater than that of a regular delivery vehicle.



This is reporter Hyung-woo Hyung.



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Joo Seong-hoon has been working as a courier at the post office for 4 years.



There is an above-ground parked apartment in the delivery area, so a low-floor vehicle has been assigned.



[Joo Seong-hoon / Low-floor vehicle delivery driver: Unless I buy a car right away, I have to use (low-floor vehicle). I'm married now, and I have to work because I have two children.] The



height to the ceiling of the loading box is 50cm lower than that of a normal delivery vehicle.



Since the bin is only about 130 cm high, you must always work with your back bent.



As a result, the pain in the lower back continued, and calluses were lodged in the knee.



A study was conducted to see if low-floor vehicles actually cause musculoskeletal disorders, commissioned by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.



As a result of comparing 6 regular delivery drivers and 6 low-floor vehicle drivers, the risk of exposure to musculoskeletal disorders was 14% greater in low-floor vehicles.



While loading into a vehicle is relatively low risk, it is especially risky when cleaning and unloading inside a vehicle.



[Joo Seong-hoon/Delivery driver for low-floor vehicle: I have to look at things like this again with my back straight.]



This is because inappropriate postures such as bending and squatting in a low loading box are repeated.



There is a side door, but it doesn't help much.



The courier union calls for a ban on the use of low-floor vehicles.



[Kim Tae-wan / Courier Union Vice Chairman: Even ordinary vehicles are basically included in the risk group (musculoskeletal disorders). In the case of low-floor vehicles, they enter the high-risk group and cannot be used practically.] In



response, a government official is in the position of not being able to do anything until other alternatives are available to prevent the parcel delivery crisis in the above-ground parked apartments.



(Video coverage: Kim Se-kyung, video editing: Kim Seon-tak, VJ: Park Hyeon-woo)