Shiftwork, Long Work Hours, and Fatigue

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• Personal Author:
  Caruso, Claire C.
• Description:
  In today's society, services around the clock are needed from many types of workers and at times long work hours are not avoidable. As a result, shift work and long work hours are common in many workplaces. Research evidence is building that these types of work schedules are associated with several health and safety risks for workers. The risks also extend to their families, employers, and society when they make fatigue-related errors or show declines in performance. This chapter will discuss the wide range or risks that are linked to these schedules, theories about why these risks occur, and strategies to reduce risks. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Fatigue Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Shift Work Schedule Workload Workplace
• Keywords:
  Exposure-limits Risk-factors Shift-work Shift-workers Task-performance Work-capability Work-capacity Work-environment Work-performance Workers
• ISBN:
  9781439819340
• Publisher:
  CRC Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  451-476
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040983
• Citation:
  Occupational ergonomics: theory and applications, second edition. Bhattacharya A, McGlothlin JD, eds. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012 Mar; :451-476
• Editor(s):
  Bhattacharya A; McGlothlin JD
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Wholesale and Retail Trade
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:28db885d3b240365230ed7818ade08be97426aedf5f56bc1604c37bb7efea414fe704122cb7da724d3c40f8e65b8bc0fc65af05f9c3723a26105638873aa23dd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193663/cdc_193663_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.31 MB ]