The effect of rest breaks on time to injury – a study on work-related ladder-fall injuries in the United States

OBJECTIVES: Rest breaks and other work-related temporal factors, such as time spent on task, influence the accumulation of fatigue, and thus impact occupational injury risk. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of rest breaks on “time to injury” (the time between start of work and inj...

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Main Authors: Anna Arlinghaus, David A Lombardi, Theodore K Courtney, David C Christiani, Simon Folkard, Melissa J Perry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH) 2012-11-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
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Online Access: https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3292