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Working time : its impact on safety and health / Anne Spurgeon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spurgeon, Anne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hours of labor.
- Flextime.
- Industrial safety.
- Work--Physiological aspects.
- Work.
- Physical Description:
- 143 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Geneva] : International Labour Office : Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Executive summary
- Executive summary Background
- Areas for future research
- Conclusion
- Chapter 1
- Background and scope
- Chapter 2
- Current trends
- What is working time?
- Number of hours
- Current trends in the number of hours
- Pattern of hours
- Shift work
- Non-standard working
- Current trends in the pattern of hours
- Legislation
- Chapter 3
- Methodological issues
- Chapter4
- Working time and health
- Numbers of hours
- Mental health
- Cardiovascular disorders
- Other problems
- Mental health disorders
- Cardiovascular disease
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Compressed working time
- Some special work groups
- Junior doctors
- Chapter 5
- Working time and safety
- Long hours/overtime
- 12-hour shifts
- Rotational shift work
- Circadian rhythms and performance
- Situation-related
- Individual-related
- Errors and accidents
- Special work groups
- Transport
- Maritime workers
- Drivers
- Railway workers
- Air crews
- Summary
- Chapter 6
- Individual differences
- Gender
- Age
- Individual circumstances
- Personality attitudes and behaviour patterns
- Physiological and health status
- Job type
- Chapter 7
- Intervention strategies
- Work schedule organization
- 3-shift rotation
- Task considerations
- Shift-timing
- Rest breaks
- Schedule design
- Overtime
- Modification of the working environment
- Bright light
- Temperature
- Physical work load
- Workplace facilities
- Modification of individual responses
- Pharmacological approaches
- Behavioural approaches
- Training and education programmes
- Chapter 8
- The management of working time:
- The risk management framework
- Identification of the hazard
- Assessment of risk
- The standard shift work index (SSI)
- Measures for reduction and control.
- Changing the schedule
- Modifying the working environment
- Training and counselling for employees
- Monitoring and adjustment of intervention measures
- Chapter 9
- Research needs
- Under-investigated situations
- Irregular hours
- Under-investigated effects
- Increased exposure to other hazards
- Reproductive effects
- Family and social effects
- Behavioural effects
- Potential effect modifiers
- Potential interventions
- Monitoring systems
- Chapter 10
- Conclusions
- References.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 92-2-118379-3
- OCLC:
- 927199038
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