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Fatigue Management can significantly impact a company’s ability to keep its employees safe. Even though it’s a relatively new science, silos of fatigue technologies have already been defined and can confuse someone who doesn’t know the options.

Whereas consulting services are often located through personal referral and word of mouth and may be customized for the client, the right technologies for the job can be difficult for a newcomer to understand and compare. 

Predictive Safety’s partner GetHomeSafe has been awarded The Grand Business South Innovation Award for their Journey Management Industrial Safety App making sure workers get “Home Safe” every day! 

In 2011, an Air Canada pilot woke up from his mid-flight nap. Dazed from his nap, he confused the planet Venus for another aircraft and, thinking they were going to collide, put the jet into a nosedive. The passengers were thrown from their seats, and several of them were seriously injured.

Although aviation accidents are rare and when they do occur, 80% are a result of human error and of those, 15-20% are caused by pilot fatigue. (BBC, 2012)

Last week, Amazon announced that they would remove marijuana from their pre-employment drug testing policy for non-DOT regulated positions. 

Instead, they will treat cannabis like alcohol and utilize impairment checks:

Workplace fatigue awareness has been on the rise ever since fatigue was found to be a contributing factor in incidents like the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Chernobyl disaster, and the Challenger explosion. Many of today's safety-sensitive workplaces recognize the risk, costs, and dangers associated with workplace fatigue. For example, lost productivity due to fatigue is estimated to cost employers $136 billion a year. (NSC)

Generally, a countermeasure is an action taken to reduce or avoid the effects of an undesirable condition or situation. In managing fatigue, appropriate countermeasures can help improve alertness, maintain performance, and reduce drowsiness.

Taking appropriate fatigue countermeasures at appropriate times should be a cornerstone of a fatigue risk management system (FRMS), and understanding more about effective fatigue management is a foundation for better employee well-being overall.