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ABSTRACT: This paper focuses on the development of fatigue risk management systems (FRMS) in the transport sector. The evolution of regulatory frameworks is traced, from uni-dimensional hours of service regulations through to frameworks that enable multi-dimensional FRMS. These regulatory changes reflect advances in understanding of human error in the aetiology of accidents, and in fatigue and safety science. Implementation of FRMS shifts the locus of responsibility for safety away from the regulator towards companies and individuals, and requires changes in traditional roles. Organizational, ethnic, and national culture need to be considered. Recent trends in the work environment have potential to adversely affect FRMS, including precarious employment and shortages of skilled labour. Essential components of an FRMS, and examples of FRMS in different transport modes, are described. It is vital that regulators, employer, and employees have an understanding of the causes and consequences of fatigue that is sufficient for them to meet their responsibilities in relation to FRMS. While there is a strong evidence base supporting the principles of FRMS, experience with implementation is more limited. The evidence base for effective implementation will expand, since FRMS is data-driven, and ongoing evaluation is integral. We strongly advocate that experience be shared wherever possible.
Accident; analysis and prevention 03/2011; 43(2):573-90. · 1.65 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Actual working hours of employees vary widely, especially in the transportation industry. We developed a tool, the RAS (Representation and Analysis Software), to ease the assessment of such irregular hours and the transfer of existing knowledge of proper schedule design to the problem of irregular hours. This article discusses several critical design questions that were addressed during software development in order for it to assess irregular work patterns, including the (1) importance, in spite of a lack of established definitions, of basic concepts like, e.g., night shift, (2) difficulty of modeling and adapting existing knowledge on proper design, and (3) large number of analytical methods and additional data beyond company schedule that are necessary to meet the needs of various research groups. This article describes how the RAS addresses these three issues by illustrating its application to the work schedule of a train driver involved in the Hinton train disaster.
Chronobiology International 02/2004; 21(6):1025-35. · 4.03 Impact Factor
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XVIth Int. Symposium on Night- and Shiftwork, Santos, Brazil; 01/2003
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XVIth Int. Symposium on Night- and Shiftwork, Santos, Brazil; 01/2003
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XVth International Symposium on Night and Shiftwork, Hayama, Japan; 01/2001
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Shiftwork in the 21st Century. Challenges for research and practice. - Proceedings of the XIV International Symposium on Night and Shiftwork, Wiesensteig, Germany; 01/1999
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Shiftwork in the 21st Century. Challenges for research and practice. - Proceedings of the XIV International Symposium on Night and Shiftwork, Wiesensteig, Germany; 01/1999
