Time Change Effects Your Safety!

The loss of just one hour of sleep effects workplaces more than you may have considered.

There is a 5.7-percent increase in workplace and occupational accidents and a 68-percent increase in the severity of those accidents on the Monday following DST change in March.

There is a 17-percent increase in fatal traffic crashes on the Monday following DST change in March.

There is a 5-percent increase in the heart attack rate in the first three weekdays following DST change in March.

However, there’s no significant increase in accidents or heart attacks during switch back to standard time in the fall. One-hour of additional sleep is a good thing.