One of the biggest risks in mining is worker fatigue, which poses a physical threat to individuals and their coworkers. Despite efforts, unlike with physical hazards fatigue remains particularly ...

Prevention of musculoskeletal disorders requires the design of jobs and work-rest schedules that reduce exposure to risk factors. However, our current understanding and models of fatigue development ...

There comes a time in everyone’s career when they experience work fatigue. Maybe it’s been a slow buildup, but work fatigue is caused by a combination of physical, mental and emotional factors that ...

Industry leaders say rising fatigue, economic pressure and mental overload are eroding fitness for duty in high-hazard sectors — increasing human error, near misses and the risk of catastrophic ...

The Joint Commission yesterday issued a sentinel event alert highlighting the link between healthcare worker fatigue from long hours and adverse events. The alert summarizes a number of studies on ...

The Joint Commission has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert (pdf) urging organizations to pay greater attention to preventing healthcare worker fatigue. 1. Assess your organization for fatigue-related ...

TeleTracking, in partnership with The Joint Commission, will present the second webinar in a three-part series on the dangers of worker fatigue. The second, 60-minute installment, ‘Worker Fatigue: ...

The Joint Commission has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert (pdf) urging organizations to pay greater attention to preventing healthcare worker fatigue. The Joint Commission reported in 2007 that ...