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Home » Authors » Todd Dawson

Todd Dawson

Todd Dawson is Caterpillar Safety Services’ Fatigue Services Manager and Senior Consultant. During the past 20 years, Todd has become one of the leading experts in developing and implementing comprehensive fatigue risk management systems in large and complex environments. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Anthropology from Harvard University.

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Rolling out a Fatigue Reduction Management System

Todd Dawson
September 3, 2015

In past ISHN web exclusives we have spent a significant amount of time discussing the Fatigue Reduction Management System (FRMS) – how to define it, how to assess fatigue in your workplace, and how to develop a FRMS framework -- so some of you may be feeling like we haven’t actually DONE anything yet.


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Putting meat on the bones: the “Develop” stage of a Fatigue Reduction Management System (FRMS)

Todd Dawson
August 20, 2015

Once the basic framework of an FRMS is defined and critical focus areas are determined, we can begin to develop the specific countermeasures. These countermeasures fall into a handful of layers of protection.


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Define it – How to develop a Fatigue Reduction Management System

Todd Dawson
August 12, 2015

If we have properly engaged leadership and stakeholders, and gone through a rigorous assessment, we should have a fairly clear picture of the size and shape of our fatigue problem. This makes defining our set of solutions a bit simpler.


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How to assess fatigue on the job

Todd Dawson
July 2, 2015

The goal of the assess phase of a fatigue management process is to provide visibility to fatigue, which is often an unseen threat or at best one that people are aware of but has not been quantified or investigated.


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Assessing fatigue risk or “Where is that squeak coming from?”

Todd Dawson
June 4, 2015

Ensuring a systematic approach based on objective data and information is one of the most crucial elements in the ASSESS stage of the development and implementation of a Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS). Without this objective assessment, there is also not a clear way to measure the impact of the countermeasures that are put in place.


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Senior leaders must buy-in to fatigue management programs

Todd Dawson
May 15, 2015

As a young child, I would occasionally ask my parents why I had to do something (OK, maybe more than just occasionally). I remember at a very early age the reason they gave me was, “Because I’m the parent and I say so.” It didn’t matter that they didn’t seem to be brushing their teeth when I did or making their bed when I was told to; even though I knew that they did those things too.


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