Occupational Safety: The Role of Workplace Sleepiness

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• Personal Author:
  Chen PY ; DeArmond S
• Description:
  Workplace sleepiness refers to how sleepy a person feels at work, and it is thought to be associated with negative occupational safety outcomes such as injuries because sleepiness can lead to behavioral decrements at work. This study explored safety behavior as a mediator of the relationship between workplace sleepiness and occupational safety outcomes (e.g., occupational injuries). A survey was conducted on certified nursing assistants working in long term care facilities. The Stanford Sleepiness Scale was used to measure workplace sleepiness. Occupational injuries were assessed in multiple ways: injury frequency, injury severity, pain frequency, pain severity-duration, and pain severity-intensity. This study provided support for a negative relationship between workplace sleepiness and safety behavior and limited support for a positive relationship between workplace sleepiness and occupational injuries. Workplace sleepiness was significantly related to pain frequency and pain severity (as indexed by both duration and intensity); however, it was not significantly related to injury frequency or severity. The results of the study also suggest very limited support for safety behavior as a mediator of this relationship. The findings suggest that the relationship between workplace sleepiness and occupational injuries might be more complex than originally assumed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Behavior Education Health Personnel Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Accident-statistics Author Keywords: Workplace Sleepiness Behavior-patterns Health-care-personnel Injuries Injury-prevention Nursing Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Occupational-health-nursing Occupational-psychology Occupational Injuries Pain Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-research Safety Behavior Sleep-deprivation Sleep-disorders Statistical-analysis Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0001-4575
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  41
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035783
• Citation:
  Accid Anal Prev 2009 Sep; 41(5):976-984
• Contact Point Address:
  Sarah DeArmond, College of Business, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901
• Email:
  dearmons@uwosh.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  University of Colorado, Denver
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070701
• Source Full Name:
  Accident Analysis and Prevention
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:be9b1d7ebb7b3ecf27c014935679b8d7f924a4c8a7fe988c5fc3b9bc68fe6816cc9bd2872b1742e6508b72ba27ed25c3c6bdd09efcfe3d1d3972cd33af7d4b86
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187512/cdc_187512_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 275.11 KB ]