Shiftwork: Safety, Sleepiness and Sleep

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• Personal Author:
  Folkard S ; Lombardi DA ; Tucker PT
• Description:
  This brief paper reviews the available published literature on shiftwork and safety that allows the relative risk of "accidents" or injuries associated with specific features of shift systems to be estimated. Three main trends in risk are discussed, namely that (i) risk is higher on the night shift, and to a lesser extent the afternoon shift, than on the morning shift, (ii) risk increases over a span of shifts, especially so if they are night shifts, and (iii) risk increases with increasing shift length over eight hours. We discuss that some of these trends are not entirely consistent with predictions derived from considerations of the circadian variations in sleep propensity or rated sleepiness, and consider factors relating to sleep that may underlie the observed trends in risk. Finally, the practical implications of the trends in risk for the design of safer shift systems are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Circadian Rhythm Environmental Exposure Fatigue Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Shift Work Schedule Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accidents Author Keywords: Sleep Circadian Rhythms Exposure Levels Injuries Risk Factors Shift Work Shiftwork Sleep Deprivation Sleep Disorders Sleepiness Work Environment Workers Work Schedules

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• ISSN:
  0019-8366
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  20-23
• Volume:
  43
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055619
• Citation:
  Ind Health 2005 Jan; 43(1):20-23
• Contact Point Address:
  Simon Foldard, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, 71 Frankland Road, Hopkinton, MA, 01748
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard School of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20030701
• Source Full Name:
  Industrial Health
• End Date:
  20050630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:91b5d62523d1bed652520f31bb10da3551eceba65f46ecd445ef3853394cbe18c49421a60a2c64470ab6764d002150e57219a7dcc62ffcb9e192baff1b785178
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213429/cdc_213429_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 122.86 KB ]