@article{ref1,
title="Extended work hours and risk of acute occupational injury: A case-crossover study of workers in manufacturing",
journal="American journal of industrial medicine",
year="2007",
author="Vegso, Sally and Cantley, L. and Slade, Mike and Taiwo, O. and Sircar, K. and Rabinowitz, P. and Fiellin, M. and Russi, M. B. and Cullen, Mark R.",
volume="50",
number="8",
pages="597 - 603",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to determine whether injury risk among manufacturing workers was related to hours worked during the previous week. METHODS: A case-crossover design was utilized to contrast hours worked prior to an injury shift with those worked prior to a non-injury shift for hourly workers. Paired t-tests were used to determine significance of the difference. Conditional logistic regression was used to assess dose-response. RESULTS: Hours worked prior to injury significantly exceeded hours during the control week. Workers who worked more than 64 hr in the week before the shift had an 88% excess risk compared to those who worked 40 hr or fewer, P &lt; 0.05. CONCLUSION: The study provides evidence that injury risk is related to time worked during the previous week. Control of overtime in manufacturing may reduce risk of worker injury.</p>  <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0271-3586",
doi="10.1002/ajim.20486",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20486"
}