2014 Fatigue

Date: October 2014

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Fatigue

• Can you remember the last time you were fatigued?

• How many people in the room are tired now?

• Do you remember a time when you were driving and you find yourself asking yourself. How did I get here so fast, I don’t remember going past ( a certain landmark)

The following video is a reminder of what could happen when we become fatigued and attempt to perform regular

tasks.

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Too Close For Comfort

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• Attempting to work after inadequate sleep ( the duration and the quality of sleep is important)

• Sleeping against the natural biological sleep patterns –Humans are not designed to stay up all night, but have the ability to adapt.

• Duration of Daily duties

• Work load – Too much on our plates?

• Sleep patterns – Are we going to bed when we need to?

• Monotony of the task – doing the same thing day in and day out.

Cause of Fatigue

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Tips for managing fatigue

Employees and Management should discuss fatigue-related risks in the

workplace and find ways to reduce these risks.

Some simple things you can do at work are:

• vary work tasks so you stay alert

• take regular breaks

• tell your supervisor or manager if you’re feeling fatigued.

Reduce the Risk

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Outside of work you can reduce your risk of fatigue by:

• making sleep a priority; avoid cutting back on sleep in order to fit everything

else in.

• improving the quality and quantity of your sleep; have a regular bed time

routine, make sure your bedroom is dark, cool and comfortable; get

treatment for sleep disorders.

• choose what you eat and drink carefully: eat light nutritious meals (heavy

meals make you drowsy); drink plenty of water; minimise your caffeine and

alcohol intake.

• learn the warning signs of fatigue and to recognise them in yourself, so that

you can take a break or have a powernap.

Reduce the Risk

We must be good at safety, we cannot rely on luck. Luck eventually

runs out!!!

Stay Alert at all Times!!!

Work Safe for them, remember someone's always waiting for you to

come home.

We must be good at safety, we cannot rely on luck. Luck eventually

runs out!!!

Stay Alert at all Times!!!

Work Safe for them, remember someone's always waiting for you to

come home.

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Do It for Them

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