MONDAY MORNING DANGER TIME

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28620, 24 June 1958, Page 6

MONDAY MORNING DANGER TIME

Workers More Prone To Accidents “The Press” Special Service WELLINGTON, June 23. Workers are more liable to be injured just before 10.30 on a Monday morning than at any other time. This is revealed in industrial accident statistics for 1956 published by the Statistics Department. The statistics also reveal that a worker who is single, aged between 25 and 34 and in a manufacturing industry is most liable to be injured. The most common cause of injury is a sprain or strain and it is most usually done though handling some object. Auckland, possibly because of its population, is the most dangerous centre to work in. Christchurch is next, and then Wellington. The statistics refer only to those who are employed and thereby come under the Workers’ Compensation Act. If a worker is not injured during the morning, t£en about 2.30 in the afterpoon is the,next most dangerous time. The statistics show that around 5.30 p.m. is probably the safest time. As the week progresses, so the chance of being hurt at work lessens. Monday accounts for 19.9 per cent, of accidents. Then there is a decrease till the percentage reaches 16.5 per cent, on Friday. Saturday accidents account for 5.8 per cent, and Sunday ones 2.2 per cent. Between the ages of 16 and 24 the accident rate is pretty steady and reasonably low. It more than doubles for the 25 to 34 age group, then slackens off, but does not again reach a really low figure till the group 55 to 64. Strains or sprains account for 30.6 per cent, of all injuries. Lacerations, punctures, and open wounds account for 28 per cent.,