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12
Months
of Safety
of Safety
January 2023
Fatigue in the Workplace
Fatigue in the workplace is a widespread concern across Canada—a factor in 13% of workplace injuries. More than feeling tired and drowsy, workplace fatigue is mental or physical exhaustion that reduces a person’s ability to work safely and effectively. It reduces a person's ability to respond adequately to workplace hazards.
Workplace fatigue also has a costly financial impact on businesses. A study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that US businesses lose more than $100 billion per year to fatigue-related absenteeism and reduced productivity. And according to WorkSafeBC, an estimated 40 to 50 percent of workers are fatigued at work.
Fatigue can affect everyone at work. Specific work-related risks include:
- Tasks that are repetitive, complex, boring, or require sustained mental or physical effort
- Environmental factors such as heating, lighting, and noise
- Schedules, including irregular hours, extended shifts, night shifts, and overtime.
Fatigue contributes to workplace incidents in many ways. It reduces reaction time, impairs decision-making, impacts memory and recall, and contributes to communication challenges.
Actions to take:
- Identify hazards in your workplace that could contribute to fatigue OR where fatigue will increase the risk to the worker
- Control the hazard to minimize the risks
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Join this special webinar session with sleep scientist Dr. Glenn Landry as he shares information about how workplace fatigue as a concern for health and safety professionals. He will also be sharing strategies to help mitigate the impacts of workplace...
Fatigue in the WorkplaceHealth and Safety Resources and Tools
This resource from the National Safety Council identifies some strategies that employers can adopt to help minimize workplace fatigue.
Some information from the National Safety Council about what exactly is workplace fatigue, its causes, and how it can impact an organization’s health and safety.
Toolbox Talk
Fatigue is feeling tired weary from sleep, mental or physical work, or stress. Boring repetitive tasks can increase feelings of fatigue. Fatigue is either acute or chronic.
Toolbox Talk
For this Toolbox Talk topic, “Fit for work” refers to a worker’s ability to safely undertake the demands of their job. If you are not able to safely undertake the demands of your job , you may cause an incident and may be subject to disciplinary action.
Toolbox Talk
When a person don’t get enough sleep, their lives and performance at work will suffer. Without enough sleep, a person may be more likely to have trouble concentrating, make poor decisions, make more mistakes, have slower reaction times, and be less productive. Accidents or injuries are also more likely when someone is sleep deprived. This Toolbax Talk is a great way to discuss with your team strategies for ensuring that workers arrive to work ready and able to fully work.
Toolbox Talk
While shift work may provide some benefits, it also comes with many hazards. In this Toolbox Talk, review these risks and hazards of shift work and discuss the health and wellness tips that will protect your workers.
Conference Session
Fatigue is a chameleon. It disguises itself as a rules violation, a lapse of attention, non-compliance, or more often, “human error”. Organizations deal with the consequences of fatigue-related errors and incidents on a regular basis without even knowing it. It is time to open our eyes to see how fatigue lurks not only in our […]
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As the Omicron wave continues in British Columbia, many employers report unprecedented worker shortages with employees calling in sick. Some authorities have estimated that workplaces could see up to a 30% reduction in their typical workforce. Almost every employer has...
A contributing factor in 13 percent of workplace injuries, workplace fatigue also has a costly financial impact on businesses. A study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that US businesses lose more than $100 billion per year...
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