Work and Fatigue: Resources
Resources to manage fatigue are available from NIOSH, other Federal agencies, and external partners. These resources include tips to improve sleep and strategies to manage and reduce fatigue for employers and workers in different industry sectors and situations.
AJIM Special Issue from the NIOSH Working Hours, Sleep and Fatigue Forum (2022)
- Forward: Special issue on working hours and fatigue
- Commentary: Approaches to managing work-related fatigue to meet the needs of American workers and employers
- Describing economic benefits and costs of nonstandard work hours: A scoping review
- Work-related fatigue: A hazard for workers experiencing disproportionate occupational risks
Infographic: How to Choose the Right Fatigue Detection Technology for Your Workplace
Science Blogs on Work Schedules, Sleep and Fatigue
Sleep and Sleep Disorders (2020)
Heat Stress: Work/Rest Schedules (2017)
Short Sleep Duration by Occupation Group – 29 States, 2013-2014 (2017)
Short Sleep Duration Among Workers (2012)
Overtime and Extended Work Shifts: Recent Findings on Illnesses, Injuries and Health Behaviors (2004)
Plain Language About Shiftwork (1997)
The Twenty-four Hour Workday: Proceedings of a Symposium of Variations in Work-Sleep Schedules (1981)
What Workers and Employers Can Do to Manage Workplace Fatigue during COVID-19 (2019)
Hurricane Key Messages: For Employers, Workers, and Volunteers (2018)
Preventing Worker Fatigue Among Ebola Healthcare Workers and Responders (2014)
Archived: Deepwater Horizon Response: Key Safety and Health Topics (2010)
The human factors of mineworker fatigue: An overview on prevalence, mitigation, and what’s next (2022)
10 Sleep Tips for Miners (2019)
Do Your Workers Show Signs of Fatigue? (2019)
Mineworker Fatigue: A Review of What We Know and Future Directions (2019)
Mine Worker Fatigue and Circadian Rhythms (2018)
Fatigue Management for Haul Truck Drivers: A Low-Tech Solution for Small Mine (2014)
Application of Fatigue Management Systems: Small Mines and Low Technology Solutions (2014)
Create charts from National Health Interview Survey Data
Driver Fatigue on the Job (2019)
Research gaps and needs for preventing worker fatigue in the transportation and utilities industries (2022)
Fatigue Prevention for Pilots: A Training Program for Commercial Pilots in Alaska (2016)
Quick Sleep Tips for Truck Drivers (2014)
Sleep is Important for the Long Haul: Postcard 1 and Postcard 2 (2014)
Department of Transportation
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- North American Fatigue Management Program
- Railroaders’ Guide to Healthy Sleep
Federal Aviation Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Talking Sleep Podcast
- American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Fatigue Risk Management in the Workplace
- American College of Preventative Medicine. Sleep Health Module
- The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) Tool box talk: Shiftwork, Long Work Hours and Fatigue (2017)
- National Association of State EMS Officials. Fatigue in EMS
- National Safety Council. Safety Topics: Fatigue
- National Sleep Foundation
- International Agency for Research on Cancer. Night Shift Work
- International Fire Chiefs Association. Sleep Deprivation
- International Labour Organization. International Labour Standards on Working Time
- Working Time Society
- Special issue of Industrial Health (March 2019): International Consensus Statements on Non-standard Working Time
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