Toward a “Risk Index” to Assess Work Schedules

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• Personal Author:
  Folkard S ; Lombardi DA
• Description:
  This article describes our preliminary attempt to develop a Risk Index to estimate the risk of human error on different work schedules based on trends in the relative risk of accidents and injuries, rather than on hypothetical intervening variables such as alertness, fatigue, or performance on interpolated tasks. We briefly review trends in risk from the published epidemiological studies that have ensured that the a priori risk was constant. A simple Risk Index based on an additive model is developed on the basis of these trends, and we illustrate how it may be used to assess work schedules. Finally, we compare the results from this Risk Index with those from the UK HSE's Fatigue Index and point out the discrepancies that emerge. We conclude that our risk-based modeling approach may assist in developing safer work schedules and also increase our understanding of this complex, multifaceted area. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Exposure Epidemiology Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accidents Author Keywords: Work Schedules Exposure Levels Health Effects Injuries Mathematical Models Models Occupational Injuries Risk Factors Work-place Accidents Work Environment Worker Health Workers Worker Safety Work Schedules

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• ISSN:
  0742-0528
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055672
• Citation:
  Chronobiol Int 2004 Nov/Dec; 21(6):1063-1072
• Contact Point Address:
  Simon Folkard, Laboratoire d'Anthropolgie Appliquee, Universite Rene Descartes, 45 rue des Saints Peres, Paris 75006, France
• Email:
  s.folkard@swan.ac.uk
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard School of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20030701
• Source Full Name:
  Chronobiology International
• End Date:
  20050630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2cfb041bcfc9a17403f4788a7846d21dd707a0361980b465d0b730560d64e1c82dcc05a04160ba0cbb45876c8723f38f67e930bb48aa80ff0faf74ccc72798f9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213464/cdc_213464_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 316.78 KB ]