Shift Work Practices in the United States

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Colligan, Michael J. ; Tasto, Donald L.
• Description:
  The purpose of this investigation was to determine the types and distribution of shiftwork systems and the distribution of workers within the major shiftwork industries and service groups in the United States. Sources of data utilized in fulfilling this task were agencies (such as U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; U.S. Department of the Interior), management consulting firms for particular industries (such as Northern Textile Association), unions (such as United Mine Workers), and trade associations (such as Air Traffic Controllers Association). The most comprehensive data source was the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which maintains information regarding work starting times for major industries throughout the United States. The results indicate that there are numerous shift schedules and many systems of rotation. These vary in complexity and differ across industries, companies, and occupations. The hospital, transportation, food processing, and health care industries/occupations were identified as employing the highest percentage and absolute number of shiftworkers, while the chemical, lumber and wood products, and textile industries were identified as among the lowest. The authors discuss the lack of a central, systematic data source for obtaining information of shift scheduling and recommend directions for future research. (Contract No. 210-75-0072) [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Food-Processing Industry Forestry Health Personnel Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Occupational Health Safety Shift Work Schedule Textile Industry Transportation Wood

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Contract; Contract-210-75-0072; Shift-workers; Job-rotation; Mining-industry; Textile-workers; Health-care-personnel; Food-processing-workers; Transportation-workers; Chemical-processing-industry; Woodworking-industry; Lumber-industry
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 77-148, 1977 Mar; :1-59
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB77148
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract No. 210-75-0072
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  68 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00071268
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-274707
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Performing Organization:
  Stanford Research Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3164ad1ebd34be41871dbd9a8ea54d8a0c492fd7d1ae21edcdf3aa2162ffd0d97c2b99c6f75353e7b5a0210843c77b55f97877f4b828dc9c88479c73bc89a802
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104573/cdc_104573_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.01 MB ]