Extended workdays in an underground mine : a work performance analysis
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Extended workdays in an underground mine : a work performance analysis

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    • Personal Author:
      Duchon, J. C. ;
    • Corporate Authors:
      United States. Bureau of Mines. ;
    • Description:
      "The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) conducted a study at a Canadian underground copper, lead, and zinc mining operation that was designed to study the safety and performance implications of extended workdays. Measures were taken before and after a change from the old 8-h continuous schedule to the new 12-h continuous schedule, including behavioral performance measures to analyze perceptual-motor changes, continuous heart-rate monitoring and aerobic capacity to measure physical fatigue, a variety of self-report questionnaires to measure perceived adaption and satisfaction with the new schedule, and pulmonary-respiratory measures to examine air contaminant exposure. Based upon the overall acceptance of the new schedule by the workers and lack of change in fatigue-sensitive behavioral and physiological performance measures, this study recommends that the mine retain the 12-h schedule. However, certain precautionary measures are suggested to ensure the safety of the workers." - NIOSHTIC-2 NIOSHTIC no. 10005692
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    • Series:
      Report of investigations (United States. Bureau of Mines) ; 9526;
    • Document Type:
      Report ;
    • Collection(s):
      National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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