新奇事件簿 长时间工作危害健康

Working long hours means workers may get more injuries and illnesses. This is the conclusion of a new study in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Researchers analyzed¹ data from 110,000 job records. They found 5,139 work-related injuries. The team discovered that more than half of these were in jobs that required overtime² or had demanding schedules. The authors of the report said that employees who worked overtime were 61 per cent more likely to be injured or ill than employees who did not.

工作太长时间意味着员工会遭遇更多伤害和疾病。这是《职业与环境医学》期刊一项最新研究得出的结论。研究人员分析了来自11万份工作记录的数据。他们发现了5139条与工作有关的受伤记录。研究小组发现，超过一半的受伤案例需要超时劳动或者时间表很苛刻。该报告的作者表示，加班工作的雇员受伤或患病的风险比正常工作的雇员高61%。

The type of industry was not important in understanding where workers were most at risk. No single industry was riskier³ than another. The research team found that a major cause for accidents was fatigue⁴ and stress created by overworking. They said this was the same for hazardous⁵ jobs and boring ones. A 12-hour day increased the risk of injury by 37 per cent, while a 60-hour week led to a 23 per cent increase. They also said that commuting⁶ time did not affect the risk of injury.

在理解哪些员工受伤和患病风险更大方面，所在行业并不重要。没有哪一个行业比其他行业风险更高。研究小组发现，造成事故的主因是过度工作引起的疲劳和压力。他们说，对于危险和枯燥的工作岗位来说道理是一样的。每天工作12小时会使受伤的风险增加37%，一周工作60个小时会导致风险增加23%。他们还说，上下班途中的时间并不影响受伤的风险。

1 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

3 riskier   

冒险的，危险的( risky的比较级 )

参考例句：

• Now they are starting to demand higher returns on riskier assets. 而今他们开始在风险更高的资产上要求更高的回报。
• The problem with that: RIM's business is getting riskier every quarter. 不过问题也随之而来：RIM面临的业务风险正逐季增大。

4 fatigue   

n.疲劳，劳累

参考例句：

• The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
• I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。

5 hazardous   

adj.(有)危险的，冒险的；碰运气的

参考例句：

• These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。
• Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。

6 commuting   

交换（的）

参考例句：

• I used the commuting time to read and answer my mail. 我利用上下班在汽车中的时间来阅读和答复给我的函电。
• Noncommuting objects are as real to the mathematicians as commuting objects. 对于数学家来说，不可交换的对象与可交换的对象是一样真实的。