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A tweak to Daylight Saving Time for safety?


March 7, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: fatigue, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, New safety statistics

A 2009 study showed there are 5.7% more workplace injuries on the Monday after the change to Daylight Saving Time. What if a tweak to DST would help reduce that effect?

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What’s better for safety: Daytime or split sleep schedules?


February 18, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: fatigue, Latest News & Views, Research on safety, Transportation safety

Know nighttime workers who are frustrated trying to sleep for eight hours during the day? A new study provides them with an option.

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New report: More people going to ERs after consuming energy drinks


January 21, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: fatigue, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Worker health

Imagine this: “Joe” works for your company full-time and has another job where he works 25 hours a week. He consumes energy drinks because of his busy schedule. Is that a potential problem?

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Identifying employees most affected by shift work


December 5, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: fatigue, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, Research on safety

Some employees adapt well to shift work. For others, it can create serious health and safety problems. How can you find those who will adapt better?

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Safety News Summary for August 27, 2012


August 27, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, fatigue, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Transportation safety

A sleep quiz to learn more about the strange world of sleep; a peek behind the curtain of OSHA’s Consultation programs; NHTSA’s “non-news;” and an industry coming together to reduce fatalities. All that, this week in the Safety News Summary.

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New study links lack of sleep, pain, ability to perform work tasks


August 16, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Back/lifting injuries, fatigue, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, Research on safety

How does a lack of sleep affect pain, and how does that pain, in turn, affect the ability to perform work tasks? New research has an answer to that question.

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1 in 3 workers don’t get enough sleep


May 14, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: fatigue, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, New safety statistics, Safety training, Transportation safety

Pick any three employees at your company. Chances are, one of them is sleep deprived. And the chances increase for certain industries and among employees who work night and irregular schedules. And most people would not want to take the chance that these sleepy workers will injure themselves or others.

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Fatigue likely cause of fatal train crash


May 1, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, fatigue, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Transportation safety

Once again, worker fatigue has proved deadly in a transportation incident.

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Just how sleepy are American workers?


March 3, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: fatigue, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, New safety statistics, Transportation safety

A new poll reveals that significant percentages of American workers are reporting to work fatigued.

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More federal action on worker fatigue


December 29, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: fatigue, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Transportation safety

Following closely on the heals of new rest rules for commercial pilots, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) set new hours-of-service (HOS) requirements for commercial truck drivers. Some groups aren’t happy about the new rules.

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