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Improving alertness through effective fatigue management

The EI's Improving alertness through effective fatigue management has been developed to supplement HSE’s more general publication Managing shiftwork: Health and safety guidance (HSG 256 ISBN 0717661970). The new EI publication contains information derived from the latest research, practical applications and case studies on alertness and fatigue relevant to all sectors of the petroleum industry from offshore exploration and drilling to distribution. It will also be useful for allied industries and draws on examples from many different industries to illustrate the problem and some potential solutions. It points out that the steps taken to manage fatigue risk need to be as multi-faceted as the problem itself.

A key objective of EI Improving alertness through effective fatigue management is to bring together the most accurate and industry-relevant information in one place so that employers and employees can: identify factors in their own workplace that could lead to fatigue/reduced alertness; identify means of avoiding fatigue or reducing its likelihood (e.g. using checklists); where fatigue is unavoidable, consider a number of ‘coping’ strategies that they could use, and perform risk assessments and accident investigations that take into account possible fatigue induced problems.

Development of the new EI publication was funded by EI technical partners and HSE, and prepared by Kingsley Management Services Ltd. under the technical direction of the EI Human and Organisational Factors Working Group.

How to access this publication
Improving alertness through effective fatigue management, September 2006, ISBN 978 0 85293 460 9 (free download or priced hard copy).
 
In addition, the blank fatigue checklists that comprise Table 4.1, Box 4.1 and Box 4.2 of the user guide are reproduced here as a downloadable Word document. This means that those wishing to determine whether there is an alertness/fatigue problem in the workplace can use copies of the blank forms as presented in the user guide, and add their own comments. These checklists should be used alongside Section 4 Assessing the problem: Identifying solutions of the EI Improving alertness through effective fatigue management.