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Fatigue in transport: a review of exposure, risks, checks and controls
Institute of Transport Economics (TØI), Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6861-3549
Stockholm University, Sweden; Radboud University, Netherlands.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7457-7302
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Traffic and road users, Human Factors in the Transport System. Linköping University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4790-7094
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland; University of Jyväskylä, Finland.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6507-3807
2017 (English)In: Transport reviews, ISSN 0144-1647, E-ISSN 1464-5327, Vol. 37, no 6, p. 742-766Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Human fatigue continues to threaten safe transport. There are claims that employers of operators should do more to mitigate the risks, and several regulators are promoting fatigue-risk management in the context of safety management systems (SMS). The current paper reviews fatigue-related risk and exposure factors and control measures for operators of land- and sea-based transport forms. Our review identifies 13 types of measures for the monitoring or control of fatigue risks: optimal staffing; optimal schedule design; optimisation of breaks/naps; monitoring of actual hours worked; optimisation of work content; monitoring and feedback of actual sleep; health screening and treatment; promotion of recovery from work; fitness-for-duty testing; monitoring of fatigue symptoms while operating; control of fatigue while operating; performance monitoring and assistance; and fatigue-proofing. We also identify two systemic measures needed to anchor risk mitigation in SMS: organisational learning and training/other. By structuring monitoring and control measures along Dawson and McCulloch’s fatigue-risk trajectory, a framework is obtained that acts as a guide for fatigue-risk management by transport employers. To inform transport managers further, evaluations are needed of the effectiveness of individual control measures as well as whole fatigue-risk management interventions.

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Routledge, 2017. Vol. 37, no 6, p. 742-766
Keywords [en]
Fatigue (human), Operator, Employee, Organization (association), Lorry, Ship, Aircraft, Rail bound transport, Surveillance, Risk, Prevention
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Transport Systems and Logistics Occupational Health and Environmental Health
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00 Road: General works, surveys, comprehensive works, 01 Road: Organization and administration; 80 Road: Traffic safety and accidents, 84 Road: Road users
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-12007DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2017.1349844ISI: 000422941000007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85025472993OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-12007DiVA, id: diva2:1130421
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The Research Council of Norway
Note

This paper is based on the TOI report written by one of the authors (lead author Ross Owen Phillips) in 2016 Phillips, R. O. (2016). Countermeasures for use in fatigue risk management. Oslo, Institute of Transport Economics (TØI). 1488/2016.

Available from: 2017-08-09 Created: 2017-08-09 Last updated: 2024-07-23Bibliographically approved

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