Sleep Loss Effects - Danger: Sleepy Worker at Work - Safety Training Video
425Sleep Loss Effects - Danger: Sleepy Worker at Work - Safety Training Video
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Sleep loss causes accidents. Studies show that almost every big disaster in modern history has involved sleep loss. On the road, sleep loss is a major public safety hazard.
Research confirms that sleep loss and poor-quality sleep causes accidents and the job. Getting less than 6 hours of sleep doubles your chances of a work-involved injury.
This safety training video explains the dangers of sleep loss, to everyone on and off the job, and explains how much sleep is needed to work safely. It also relates sleep loss to health hazards, and explains how a lack of adequate sleep can make you more impaired than being drunk!
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National Center for Biotechnology Information: Sleep Loss and Fatigue in Shift Work and Shift Work Disorder
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904525/
Sleep deprivation not uncommon for Soldiers: http://www.army.mil/article/124024/Sleep_deprivation_not_uncommon_for_Soldiers/
National institutes of Health: Moderate sleep deprivation produces impairments in cognitive and motor performance equivalent to legally prescribed levels of alcohol intoxication
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1739867/
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Drowsy Driving and Automobile Crashes
http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/drowsy_driving1/drowsy.html