שעות ארוכות במקום העבודה עלולות להעלות בצורה משמעותית את הסיכון שלכם לסבול מפגיעות או מחלות, כך קובע מחקר חדש.
אנשים שעובדים שעות נוספות נמצאו בעלי סיכוי גבוה ב-61% להפגע או לחלות, ברגע שגורמים כמו גיל ומין נלקחו בחשבון.
עבודה של יותר מ-12 שעות ביום העלתה את הסיכון ביותר משליש, ושבוע עבודה של 60 שעות נשא עימו סיכון גבוה ב-23%, כך על-פי מחקר של אוניברסיטת מסצ'וסטס בו לקחו חלק 110,236 אנשים.
המחקר בחן נתונים מהשנים 1987 ועד 2000. בתקופות עבודה הקשורות לזמן בו אדם בילה בחברה.
The study looked at data from 1987 to 2000. An employment period relates to the time a person spent at one firm. Counting this way meant some individuals might have been covered by the research more than once.
עורכי המחקר ציינו כי הסיכון לא נמצא בהכרח קשור לרמת הסכנה בעבודה.
תוצאותהמחקר מציעות כי עבודות עם שעות עבודה ארוכות אינן מסוכנות יותר רק בגלל
"The results of this study suggest that jobs with long working hours are not more risky merely because they are concentrated in inherently hazardous industries or occupations.
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"Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that long working hours indirectly precipitate workplace accidents through a causal process, for instance, by inducing fatigue or stress in affected workers."
And he said the findings, published in the Occupational and Environmental Health journal, supported initiative such as the 48-hour European Working Time Directive to cut the number of working hours.
From the records, researchers found 5,139 work-related injuries and illnesses, ranging from stress to cuts, burns and muscle injuries.
Overtime risk
More than half of these injuries and illnesses occurred in jobs with extended working hours or overtime.
The researchers concluded that the more hours worked, the greater the risk of injury.
But they did not find that lengthy commutes to and from work had any impact on illness and injury.
In the UK 14% of the working population - 3.6m - work more than 48 hours a week.
Paul Sellers, a policy adviser at the Trade Union Congress, said the findings were unsurprising.
"It is clear that working long hours is not good for you. And what is important to realise that it is not fair on other people.
"If you are involved in an accident whether at work or because you are tired from work it can involve other people.
"In the UK the situation is gradually getting better, but employers need to realise it is in their interests not to push people into working long hours.
"Often it is the case of a workplace not being organised properly that people work long hours."
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