Article: 12-hour Work Days Unhealthy

12-hour Work Days Unhealthy

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A study looking at 13 years' worth of data showed that workers who do overtime frequently were 61 percent more likely to become hurt or ill. Working more than 12 hours a day raised this risk by more than a third.



The risk is not necessarily directly related to the hazards of the job.More likely, long hours induce fatigue or stress in affected workers.



Researchers looked at over 5,000 work-related injuries and illnesses. They found that more than half of them occurred in jobs with extended working hours. After studying the data, they concluded that there was a greater risk of injury as the work hours increased.



BBC News August 17, 2005

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