Sleep Problems and Commuting vs Workplace Accidents in Workers

Sleep Problems and Commuting vs Workplace Accidents in Workers

Type: Field / Observational study

Registration: PMCID: PMC8022368

Status: Published

Tags: Commute safety, Field study, General population, Safety (workplace)

External URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8022368/

Summary

Sleep problems were more strongly related to commuting accidents than workplace accidents in both sexes.

Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls

Evidence here how night duty and post‑shift fatigue shows sleep & alertness and injuries for night‑shift workers and night owls. The risk windows show up in measurements, explaining why the commute after nights is a recurrent blind spot. For night‑shift teams and individuals, this ties long‑debated rota features to concrete outcomes, making schedule talk about health, not preference.

Tags

  • Commute safety
  • Field study
  • General population
  • Safety (workplace)

Notes

Open access.

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