Monthly Archives: February 2009
Families and Friends of Shift Workers – How to Help
With over 55 million Americans working nonstandard work schedules, up to 150 million people are directly impacted by shift work schedules, based on US census statistics of household size. But many more people are actually impacted by shift work because, while household size has been shrinking, extended families (e.g. extended relatives, neighbors and friends, co-workers) are becoming more important. Shift work can cause difficulty creating and maintaining relationships, and often it’s hard for others to realize special challenges shift workers face. Continue reading
Preventing Accidents and Injuries at Work
16 workers are killed every day in the US from falls, electrocutions, explosions, trench collapses, getting caught in machinery, violence, and vehicle crashes. Every day 11,000 are injured, one every seven seconds. Continue reading