Daylight Saving Time Leads to More On-the-Job Injuries

September 2, 2009

  • September 2, 2009 at 7:34 am
    Doctor J says:
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    But did you work the night shift when we get the extra hour? That night, you’d have been paid for 9 hours work, though only working 8 hours.

    So, it’s a wash.

  • September 2, 2009 at 1:36 am
    I hate daylight savings time! says:
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    The governement shouldn’t have the power to redefine time and steal an hour of our sleep!

  • September 2, 2009 at 1:49 am
    I don't says:
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    Nobody is stealing an hour of your sleep genius, you are just encouraged to take it at a different time of day.

  • September 2, 2009 at 2:01 am
    Ray says:
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    I have never had any trouble with Daylight Savings Time – and never felt that I lost an hour of sleep. Just go to sleep an hour earlier the night before. After all, the change happens on Sunday morning. If they went to bed at the same time (by the clock), they would have the same amount of sleep.

    On top of all of this – time measurement is a man made creation – there were no clocks or time measurements until we invented them.

  • September 2, 2009 at 2:10 am
    Red eye says:
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    When I worked the night shift and we switched over to daylight savings time my employer paid me for only 7 hours. So yes, the government did steal an hour from me.

  • September 2, 2009 at 2:16 am
    I don't says:
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    Red eye’s comment doesn’t make sense. If you worked more than 7 hours and didn’t get paid for it, then your employer stole from you – not the government. On the other hand, if you only worked for 7 hours, why should you be paid more?

  • September 2, 2009 at 2:36 am
    Erik says:
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    You never lose OR gain any sleep on either end if you go to bed according to the adjusted clock time that night, NOT what your body feels. When the clocks are moved ahead, your bedtime just arrives an hour early. When the clocks get pushed back, you are awake an hour longer, but still get the same amount of sleep if you go to bed at the same clock time and wake to an alarm.

  • September 2, 2009 at 3:37 am
    caffiend says:
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    I recall seeing a study regarding an increase in other health related issues during the week following the DST switch.

    One thing noted was an uptick in the number of heart attacks in the first week after the time change in the spring.

  • September 2, 2009 at 3:54 am
    . says:
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    I have no doubt that the change to daylight savings time could be rough on some people, or that there’s an uptick in heart attacks. It would make sense to require an extra day off to smooth the adjustment — only don’t tell that to the wing-nuts who make a hobby out of opposing anything the government does. (memo to the wing-nuts: this is a democracy, WE are the government).

    I remember during the first oil embargo in the early 1970’s, Nixon instituted year-round DST to save oil. It was removed after a few years…the only legitimate complaint was the danger to kids waiting at bus stops in the darkness. I think the rest of the objections were from early-risers.

    For me, I don’t mind getting up when its dark, but I do mind when it gets dark so early in the winter that I’m driving home in darkness. Plus, winter is depressing enough without adding extra darkness to it.

  • September 2, 2009 at 4:15 am
    Rachel says:
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    Daylight savings time has nothing to do with the increase in injuries. Why does everybody try to blame external factors for every bad thing that happens to stupid, ignorgant, lazy, careless, and negligent human beings?



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