Working on night shift is basically going against the circadian rhythm. Biological clock inside the human insists to fixed working status on daytime and rest/sleep at night. Ergonomics deals with providing a healthy relation between man machine and environment, where man fits to the job generates ultimate productivity. People in the east who are compromised to adjust in low to middle income are the main sufferers of not having optimum sleep. The population of security services, drivers, loco-pilots, nurses, tele-sales, IT professionals, various millworkers etc. often have shift based jobs and tries to accustom in it by compromising the biological clock. Many research evidences have been showed that alterations in biological clock lead to cause severe insomnia & shift work sleep disorder leading in disturbing occupational health as well as safety. Even sudden alterations in the biological clock lead cause accident, injuries alike from common health distresses. Alteration in the work rest cycle, taking sufficient rest in between the works, getting sufficient scopes in changing postures by arrangements of refreshments in the work place can help in optimizing productivity in the work place. Rotational shift with dynamic posture based work may lower the tendencies of accident and risk associated with night shift based work.
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