Occupational Injuries Related to Sleepiness in Indian Traditional Industries

Inrtoduction
A study was performed to see the relation between the rate of sleepiness and occupational
injuries in Indian traditional industries. The data was collected using a survey containing
questions about eight sleep habits, symptoms of depression, occupational injuries due to fatigue,
demographics, and diseases all within the working age group of 18-65 years of age.
Insufficient sleep patterns were discussed and related to productivity in the workplace as
well as injuries in the workplace. Different variables such as different sleep problems, different
workplaces, and different health problems were taken into consideration.
The study was ultimately meant to test the hypothesis of more sleepiness links to more
injuries in the workplace.
Materials and Methods
As mentioned above, data was collected using surveys. These surveys were self-rating
questionnaires used in the cross-sectional study. The study samples contained 1-135 workers in
small scale enterprises in India.
In one district, the sample was selected randomly and the survey corresponded to the
distribution of types of businesses in that district. In another district, the questionnaire was
distributed to all employees and employers of small scale enterprises. Within both of these two
districts, questions ranging from demographics, to business types, to injuries and sleep patterns
were asked.
Results

A total of 28.7% responded to have of had an occupational injury within the last year.
39% of those workers said to have of had less than 6 hours of sleep every night. Nearly 24% of
these workers showed symptoms of insomnia. Along with that, 46.9% of them reported that their
sleep was, in some way, insufficient.
These results went to show that workers with sleep habits that may include disorders,
difficulty waking up in the morning, sleeping poorly at night, insufficient sleep, and insomnia
had a significantly higher chance of receiving an occupational injury.
Discussion
This study went to demonstrate that the sleep problems presented are moderately but
significantly associated with occupational injuries in small and medium-scale enterprises
(Jaiswal, 2012).
It was concluded that the use of different fatigue questionnaires had a mostly constant
rate in the many investigations, no matter the workplace. The results not only were constant
within the different variables in this experiment, but as well as several previous experiments.
It was therefore concluded that insufficient sleep patterns, whatever they may be caused
by, could be an important risk factor for the occurrence of injuries in the workplace.

References
Jaiswal, A. (2012). Occupational Injuries Related to Sleepiness in Indian Traditional Industries.