The Experience and Management of Fatigue: A Study of Mine Haulage Operators

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• Personal Author:
  Drews FA ; Lee, Stephen A. ; Rogers WP ; Talebi E ; Drews FA ; Lee, Stephen A. ; Rogers WP ; Talebi E
• Description:
  Fatigue in mining operations is a serious issue and a significant contributor to incidents and accidents. While mine operators are using or introducing new technology to monitor operator fatigue, there is little work that focuses on the subjective experience of fatigue and the use of fatigue monitoring technology. To investigate this issue, eight focus groups with a total of 44 operators of heavy haulage equipment working for two mining companies in the Mountain West of the USA participated in 1-h focus groups. The topic of the focus groups was the experience of operator fatigue and issues surrounding fatigue at the workplace. The results of the content analyses suggest that operators are well aware of the signs of fatigue, and that they understand the severity of these signs as well. In addition, they are aware of the effect of fatigue on driving performance and are using a wide range of methods to manage fatigue. Finally, based on participants' assessment, current fatigue monitoring systems lack face validity and reliability and are perceived as not being effective. The results of this study emphasize the importance of a socio-technical systems perspective in the context of miner health and safety management. Only such a comprehensive perspective can result in improvements that are sustainable. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Automobiles Fatigue Mining Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Author Keywords: Mine Worker Fatigue Drivers Effectiveness Research Equipment Operators Fatigue Modeling Haulage Vehicles Heavy Equipment Monitoring Systems Motor Vehicles Risk Management

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• ISSN:
  2524-3462
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061469
• Citation:
  Min Metall Explor 2020 Dec; 37(6):1837-1846
• Contact Point Address:
  Elaheh Talebi, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Utah, 135 S 1460 E, Room 319, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20190901
• Source Full Name:
  Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:75b80d8feead611e36e0ef7732662eb12ae43c6a4de3eab9f74bef8341baa51f1260cd3b09af4583c3741252570d86d2e03ac5007370e40cdd209435d9a3f4eb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224998/cdc_224998_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 368.20 KB ]