Lack of sleep linked to 274,000 workplace accidents a year
A new study suggests that occupational safety is influenced to a large degree by what workers do – or don’t do – before ever coming in to work.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston surveyed more than 10,000 people in the U.S. and found that that insomnia is responsible for 274,000 workplace accidents and errors each year, adding up to $31 billion in extra costs.