Working hours and fatigue in the public safety sector.

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• Personal Author:
  Allison P ; Bernzweig D ; Butler CR ; James L ; James S ; Kumagai J ; Patterson PD ; Tiesman, Hope M.
• Description:
  Key Messages: 1. Work tasks, environments, and cultures differ markedly across public safety sector occupations. 2. Increased risk for injury and chronic disease are common across public safety sector occupations. Fatigue can exacerbate these risks for public safety workers and can pose risk to the public by reducing capability for decision-making and performing work tasks. 3. The stressful nature of work tasks in the public safety sector intensifies the risk for illness and injury associated with work hours, sleep, and fatigue. 4. There are research gaps on effective interventions to reduce risk associated with work hours, sleep, and fatigue in the public safety sector. The depth of existing research and readiness to develop interventions varies across public safety occupations.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Lung Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  Decision Making Fatigue Injuries Intervention Job Stress Public Safety Services Sleep Work Environment Work Schedules
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Idaho ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Pennsylvania ; Washington ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division ; DSR - Division of Safety Research ; WSD - Western States Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058412
• Citation:
  Working Hours, Sleep, & Fatigue Forum: Meeting the Needs of American Workers and Employers, September 13-14, 2019, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Cincinnati, OH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2019 Sep; :1-6
• Contact Point Address:
  Penelope Allison, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HELD, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV
• Email:
  pallison@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Working Hours, Sleep, & Fatigue Forum: Meeting the Needs of American Workers and Employers, September 13-14, 2019, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2bbe8b588e898959fa2639507e19eb6c2e5b5558b5669709cb1f123d8426361140ab06f3186152808a11cab60f6ebbbc6a52094e492d976f599238e5bddb16c7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181842/cdc_181842_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 335.29 KB ]