Can Workplace Rest Breaks Prevent Work-Related Injuries Related to Long Working Hours?. Issue 3 (March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Park, Sungjin; Lee, Wanhyung; Lee, June-Hee
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. Volume 62:Issue 3(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-03
• Subjects: employee fatigue -- Korean working conditions survey -- occupational injuries -- occupational safety -- work hours; Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Occupational Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental health; Medicine, Industrial; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001772
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2752

Abstract

Abstract : Objective: This study examined the relationship between long working hours, rest breaks, and work-related injuries. Methods: A total of 25, 439 employees were examined from the 4th Korean Working Conditions Survey. Rest breaks were divided into two groups and working hours were divided into four groups. Multiple logistic regression was conducted to estimate the relationship between long working hours, rest breaks, and work-related injuries. Results: Work-related injuries were significantly associated with long working hours. Stratified by rest breaks, the risk of work-related injuries increased with increasing working hours in a dose–response pattern among those with insufficient rest breaks, while the risk was not significant among those with sufficient rest breaks. Conclusion: It is important to provide sufficient rest breaks to prevent work-related injuries among workers with long working hours.