In today’s workplace, fatigue is four times more likely to contribute to workplace impairment than drugs or alcohol, Susan Sawatzky of In-Scope Solutions said Monday. Yet this prevalent health and safety risk is still largely under-recognized by the majority of organizations and industries, she said.
Fatigue management needs to be supported from the top but it needs to be built up from the bottom, Sawatzky said. She said companies should look at where fatigue could take place and develop a plan to address and manage fatigue in employees just as they would develop any safety program.