Take a break to improve safety, says new report

摘要

Regular breaks can help reduce industrial accident rates according to new research from the University of Wales Swansea. The report, published in the medical journal The Lancet in February, examined the accident records from a UK car assembly plant over a 3-year period. It found that accident rates were more than double in the last half-hour of a 2-hour continuous shift compared to the first half-hour. According to the researchers, regular short breaks - 10 minutes every hour, for example - can significantly reduce the risk of accidents. Such rest periods successfully counteracted the accumulation of risk noted over 2 hours of continuous, repetitive and largely machine-paced work".