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Fatigue in transport: a review of exposure, risks, checks and controls

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  • Ross Owen Phillips
  • Göran Kecklund
  • Anne Anund
  • Mikael Sallinen

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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 [Managing fatigue: It’s about sleep. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 9(5), 365–380] 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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  • Ross Owen Phillips & Göran Kecklund & Anne Anund & Mikael Sallinen, 2017. "Fatigue in transport: a review of exposure, risks, checks and controls," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(6), pages 742-766, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:transr:v:37:y:2017:i:6:p:742-766
    DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2017.1349844
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    1. Mannawaduge, Chanika D. & Pignata, Silvia & Banks, Siobhan & Dorrian, Jillian, 2024. "Evaluating fatigue management regulations for flight crew in Australia using a new Fatigue Regulation Evaluation Framework (FREF)," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 75-84.

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