Open AccessLong workhours, work scheduling and work-related injuries among construction workers in the United States
Author(s) -
Xiuwen Sue Dong
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.915
Subject(s) - overtime , odds , confounding , work (physics) , occupational safety and health , odds ratio , scheduling (production processes) , cohort , operations management , medicine , demographic economics , psychology , engineering , labour economics , economics , logistic regression , mechanical engineering , pathology
The objectives of this study were (i) to examine work scheduling in construction and (ii) to establish whether there is any connection between workhours and safety outcomes among construction workers.