Mineworker fatigue: a review of what we know and future directions.

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• Personal Author:
  Bauerle, Timothy ; Dugdale Z ; Poplin G
• Description:
  The issue of mine worker fatigue is as complex as it is understudied. Generally, worker fatigue lies somewhere on a continuum between psychology and physiology, which makes the measurement and management of it difficult with no easy solutions for operators or workers. Answers to even basic questions remain elusive - such as what is fatigue, how is it measured, and how can organizational resources reduce fatigue - and answers seem to present no single, clear path to action for the health and safety of the worker. This manuscript supplements the growing body of interest in the problems of fatigue in the mining industry by reviewing some of what is known about worker fatigue in general and in the mining industry in particular. The material covered here includes basic topics of the hows and whys of worker fatigue; an overview of fatigue models, findings, and evidence-based solutions with a focus on mining; and potential future directions aimed at mitigating miner fatigue. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Fatigue Mental Health Mining Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Mining; Underground mining; Underground mines; Coal mines; Miners; Workers; Work environment; Fatigue; Psychology; Physiology; Equipment operators; Models; Mining industry; Mining equipment; Mine workers
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9781510861435
• Publisher:
  Curran Associates, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SMRD - Spokane Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  399-406
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051815
• Citation:
  Vision, innovation and identity: step change for a sustainable future, 2018 SME annual conference & expo and 91st annual meeting of the SME-MN section, February 25-28, 2018, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Red Hook, NY: Curran Associates, Inc., 2018 Jun; :399-406
• Contact Point Address:
  Tim Bauerle, CDC NIOSH, Spokane, WA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Vision, innovation and identity: step change for a sustainable future, 2018 SME annual conference & expo and 91st annual meeting of the SME-MN section, February 25-28, 2018, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/247328/cdc_247328_DS1.pdf
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