Fatigue Risk Management in the Workplace
Publication year:
2012
| Cataloged on:
Feb. 14, 2013
ANNOTATION: 'Worker fatigue can adversely impact personal health and safety as well as the efficiency and safety of the operation. The most effective method to minimizing worker fatigue is through a comprehensive FRMS [Fatigue Risk Management System] ' which requires the active participation of all parts of the organization, including management, support functions, and workers' (p. 254). This article provides an excellent and in-depth explanation on how to create and implement a FRMS. Sections of this guidance statement are: purpose and introduction; the risk of employee fatigue in the 24/7 workplace; the history and limitation of duty-rest regulations; emergence of the FRMS as the international standard for mitigating fatigue risk in shift work and 24/7 operations; building support for a FRMS; designing an FRMS'the five levels of defense'address staffing issues in FRM, shift and duty scheduling, employee training and education and sleep disorder management, work environment, and individual risk assessment and mitigation; establishing continuous FRMS improvement; identifying, collecting, and analyzing metrics for firms; and conclusion.
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