Researchers in British Columbia have found that there are twice more chances of Canadians who work nights and rotating shifts of getting injured on the job as compared to people working day shifts.

A data of about 30,000 Canadians was taken and people working in separate shifts from 1996 to 2006 were compared and on this basis is the Environment and Health study based.

Imelda Wong of the University of British Columbia's School of Environmental Health and her co-authors found that there was a risk of double injury in women when it came to those who were in night-shift this risk was 1.9 times for men.

Based on the analysis of workplace compensation claims it was found that rotating shift work meant 2.29 times the risk of work injury for women.

Wong said, "I'm hoping that this will increase the awareness that those who work outside regular 9-to-5 hours are at a higher risk of injury than those who work during the day."

It was also concluded by researchers that for reducing the risk of work injury among rotating and night shift workers, additional occupational health and safety policies and programs are needed.