Economic Science, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain.
Accid Anal Prev. 2011 May;43(3):1104-16. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.12.019. Epub 2011 Jan 11.
The severity of occupational accidents suffered by construction workers at different hours of the day is analyzed in this study. It may be seen that the interval of time between 13:00 and 17:00 has incomprehensibly high rates of severe and fatal accidents in comparison with any other. We associate this higher accident rate with what we have termed the "lunch effect". We studied 10,239,303 labor accidents in Spain over the period 1990-2002. The relationships between potential risk factors for occupational accidents around lunch in Spain, especially alcohol consumption are studied, using two methods: analysis of national archival data of 2,155,954 occupational accidents suffered by workers in the construction sector over the period 1990-2002 and a survey study. This study also seeks to contribute the opinions of the workers themselves regarding the causes that might explain this situation.
本研究分析了建筑工人在一天不同时段所遭受的职业事故的严重程度。可以看出，与其他任何时段相比，13:00 至 17:00 之间的时间间隔内严重和致命事故的发生率高得令人费解。我们将这种更高的事故率归因于我们所谓的“午餐效应”。我们研究了 1990 年至 2002 年期间西班牙发生的 10239303 起劳动事故。使用两种方法研究了西班牙午餐时间前后与职业事故相关的潜在风险因素（尤其是酒精消费）之间的关系：分析了 1990 年至 2002 年期间建筑工人遭受的 2155954 起职业事故的国家档案数据和一项调查研究。本研究还旨在征求工人自己对可能解释这种情况的原因的意见。
