@article{ref1,
title="Employee overtime and industrial safety",
journal="Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting",
year="1984",
author="Gifford, Robert N.",
volume="28",
number="3",
pages="291-293",
abstract="Despite the common opinion that overtime causes industrial accidents, supportive data seem sparse, although there is some evidence that accidents increase during business upswings, and vice versa. A study comparing the overtime of injury and non-injury groups of employees in an electronics plant yielded no significant results. The correlation of plant overtime and total injuries for a steady aircraft production line also was not significant. But the correlation for another line whose production was decreasing showed a significantly decreased rate of injuries. Thus, the relationship between overtime and accidents appears to be coupled with other factors, particularly business swings.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2169-5067",
doi="10.1177/154193128402800322",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193128402800322"
}