September 23, 2025BMJ OpenOpen Access

Association of non-standard working time arrangements with safety incidents: a systematic review

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LMLine Victoria Moen JLJenny-Anne Sigstad LieNational Institute of Occupational Health TSTom SterudNational Institute of Occupational Health

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Systematic review reveals increased safety incident risk for shift workers compared to non-shift workers, indicating significant implications for occupational safety.

Key Points

Shift workers generally face a higher risk of safety incidents compared to non-shift workers, highlighting a significant occupational concern.
Risk estimates for safety incidents ranged from 1.11 to 5.33, indicating a substantial potential increase due to working night shifts.
The systematic review included 24 studies, reflecting considerable variability in study design, risk estimates, and populations sampled.
Despite low certainty of evidence due to bias, the findings underscore the need for preventive measures in work scheduling practices.

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Moen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d43ed7713b0b5dfea7e443 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100931

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Systematic review reveals increased safety incident risk for shift workers compared to non-shift workers, indicating significant implications for occupational safety.