Findings from a Systematic Review of Fatigue Interventions: What’s (Not) Being Tested in Mining and Other Industrial Environments

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• Personal Author:
  Bauerle, Timothy ; Chaumont Menendez, Cammie K. ; Dugdale Z ; Eiter B ; Wong I
• Description:
  Background: Fatigue negatively impacts mineworker health and safety. In this paper, we identify fatigue interventions tested on industrial shiftworkers and explore their effects and the factors that may influence application in an industrial setting such as a mine site. Methods: This review adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist. A structured, systematic search of the literature was conducted to identify relevant studies published between 1980 and 2020. Researchers independently conducted article screening and study quality appraisals against pre-established criteria, and then extracted data and conducted a narrative synthesis of the included studies. Results: Seven intervention studies, out of 1651 articles initially screened, were retained for narrative synthesis. Four studies tested the alerting effects of bright-light treatment, one evaluated the effectiveness of blue-light blocking glasses at improving daytime sleep quality and nighttime vigilance, and two examined whether sleep hygiene and alertness management trainings improved sleep quality or alertness. There was substantial evidence for the use of bright-light treatments to improve night shiftworker alertness, but insufficient evidence to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of blue-light blocking glasses and sleep hygiene and alertness management trainings due to the small number of studies included. Shiftworkers were mostly male and employed in industrial subsectors such as production and manufacturing, oil and gas, and transportation. No mining-specific intervention studies were identified. Conclusions: Future research is needed to identify effective fatigue risk management interventions for the mining industry as well as best practices for implementing these interventions with mineworkers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Fatigue Lighting Mining Occupational Health Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Bright Light Fatigue Risk Management Intervention Mine Workers Mining Industry Shiftwork Shift Workers Shiftworkers Sleep Sleep Deprivation Systematic Reviews Training Underground Mining Work-life Balance Workplace Intervention Work Schedules

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SMRD - Spokane Mining Research Division ; DSR - Division of Safety Research ; DSI - Division of Science Integration
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  248-261
• Volume:
  65
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064615
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2022 Apr; 65(4):248-261
• Contact Point Address:
  Zoë Dugdale MPH, Spokane Mining Research Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 315 E Montgomery Ave, Spokane, WA 99207, USA
• Email:
  zdugdale@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining ; Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities ; Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  urn:sha-512:761070bcc6f211c8c9ea8612108df86413c9fb51c135578a2a9b9a8c490474d31fb8fc54a5969ff9449d33b145a6592252b30c43280607f182712414839c94d4
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