The Effects of Sleep on Workplace Cognitive Failure and Safety

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• Personal Author:
  Bodner TE ; Brossoit RM ; Crain TL ; Hammer LB ; Leslie JJ ; Truxillo DM
• Description:
  Healthy employee sleep is important for occupational safety, but the mechanisms that explain the relationships among sleep and safety-related behaviors remain unknown. We draw from Crain, Brossoit, and Fisher's (in press) work, nonwork, and sleep (WNS) framework and Barnes' (2012) model of sleep and self-regulation in organizations to investigate the influence of construction workers' self-reported sleep quantity (i.e., duration) and quality (i.e., feeling well-rest upon awakening, ability to fall asleep and remain asleep) on workplace cognitive failures (i.e., lapses in attention, memory, and action at work) and subsequent workplace safety behaviors (i.e., safety compliance and safety participation) and reports of minor injuries. Construction workers from two public works agencies completed surveys at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months. Our results suggest that workers with more insomnia symptoms on average reported engaging in fewer required and voluntary safety behaviors and were at a greater risk for workplace injuries. These effects were mediated by workplace cognitive failures. In addition, workers with greater sleep insufficiency on average reported lower safety compliance, but this effect was not mediated by workplace cognitive failures. These results have implications for future workplace interventions, suggesting that organizations striving to improve safety should prioritize interventions that will reduce workers' insomnia symptoms and improve their ability to quickly fall asleep and stay asleep throughout the night. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Sleep
• Keywords:
  Accidents Author Keywords: Sleep Cognitive Function Construction Construction Workers Injuries Intervention Intervention Effectiveness Safety Behaviors Statistical Analysis Surveillance Total Worker Health TWH Workplace Cognitive Failure

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• ISSN:
  1076-8998
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  411-422
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054032
• Citation:
  J Occup Health Psychol 2019 Aug; 24(4):411-422
• Contact Point Address:
  Rebecca M. Brossoit, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, 1876 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1876
• Email:
  Rebecca.Brossoit@colostate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:725cd8b5d274e5e386e6683d94268d6842b2caa3756455cebfbec8bf7b7b2988c0e2289f3dfc65898cacaf9ffb6deab7ac411955794ecfdd2a0a557bd1ed9015
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216681/cdc_216681_DS1.pdf
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