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Impact of added rest breaks on the productivity and well being of workers
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The impact of frequent short rest breaks on the productivity and well being of a group of 30 workers in a meat-processing plant was studied. Two rest break schedules were tested, both of which provided 36 min of extra break time over the regular break schedule (30-min lunch and two 15-min breaks). In the first experimental rest break schedule, workers were given 12 3-min breaks evenly distributed over the workday (3-min break for every 27 min of work). In the second schedule, workers were given four 9-min breaks evenly distributed over the workday (9-min break every 51 min of work). Outcome measures included production rate and discomfort and stress ratings. Results showed that neither of the two experimental rest break schedules had a negative effect on production, and the 9-min break schedule improved discomfort ratings for the lower extremities. The workers in the study mostly preferred the 9-min rest break schedule, indicating that workers in general might not as readily accept fragmentation of break time into short, frequent breaks.
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- Dababneh, A. J., Swanson, N., & Shell, R. L.
- Venue
- Ergonomics
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2001-02
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 164-174
- ISSN
- 0014-0139 (ISSN-L)
- 1366-5847
- OpenAlex
- W2109360105
- Cited by
- 263
- References
- 8
- FWCI
- 12.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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