WORK SCHEDULES: SHIFT WORK AND LONG HOURS
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Working Hours, Sleep and Fatigue Webinar Series
A significant number of American workers are exposed to a broad range of health and safety risks that are associated with shift work, long work hours, and related workplace sleep and fatigue issues. Fatigue-related errors have ramifications for public safety including motor vehicle crashes, industrial / environmental disasters, medical errors, and incidents at home. During this webinar series, speakers will discuss evidence-based strategies to reduce these risks, methodological issues in conducting research on this topic, and future areas for research.
NIOSH Director’s Seminar Series: Investigating Human Fatigue Factors
Presented by:
Jana Price, Ph.D.
Senior Human Performance Investigator
Office of Highway Safety,
National Transportation Safety Board
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
This presentation will provide information about evaluating the role of human fatigue in accidents, and determining whether fatigue was a causal or contributing factor. It will also examine fatigue-related issues at the individual, operational and environmental levels and discuss how these issues affect human performance, alertness and safety.
NIOSH Director’s Seminar Series: Why are we sleepy and what can be done about it?
Presented by:
Lynn Caldwell, Ph.D.
Senior Research Psychologist
Naval Medical Research Unit, Dayton
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
This presentation briefly describes the causes and consequences of inadequate sleep. Various countermeasures that are aimed at individuals, employers and policy makers to reduce sleep-related occupational health and safety risks are discussed.
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- Page last reviewed: May 17, 2017
- Page last updated: October 6, 2017
- Content source:
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Division of Applied Research and Technology