Fatigue in the workplace costs American industry at least $77 billion every year in incidents, injuries and health problems, according to the National Sleep Foundation's annual poll on sleep (or the lack of it) in America.
Employee fatigue has been linked to many notorious safety incidents - the Exxon Valdez, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island - and up to 25 percent of all highway crashes, explains Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, president and CEO of Circadian Technologies, Inc. (CTI).