Fatigue Management

Turning Fatigue to Energy

MKA: Risk Mitigation can improve fatigue management through:
Workforce surveys on fatigue recovery rates after work

• Fatigue education programs.
• Providing advice on shift patterns and rest breaks during shifts.
• Drug and alcohol education programs.
• Diet and stress management programs
• Evaluating job design and workplace processes.

Our products are based on industry surveys, current organisational behaviour research and relevant NSW and Federal Industrial Relations Commission decisions.

Why is Fatigue Management important?

Fatigue is becoming an increasingly important issue. The Chain of Responsibility Legislation, as well as a federal review of fatigue standards, and the case of Campbell versus Hitchcock means that Fatigue is considered a key occupational health and safety issue.

Fatigue can come from a range of sources such as inadequate rest breaks, poor performance management systems, failure to use rest time appropriately, sleep disorders, substance abuse and extended shift patterns.

Signs of workforce fatigue include:

• Increased number of accidents at work
• Accidents outside of working hours and on weekends
• Workers falling asleep on the job
• Co-ordination problems caused by accumulated sleep debt
• Slurred speech not associated with drunkenness
• Substance abuse, particularly methylamphetamines