Fatigue at Work Employer Toolkit

To make the biggest impact, launching the entire kit at once is the most effective strategy. However, if you have limited resources or simply want to test the waters, you can implement individual components over time.

• Fatigue Cost Calculator
• Fatigue in the Workplace: Causes and Consequences
• Fatigue in Safety-critical Industries
• Calculating the Cost of Poor Sleep: Methodology
• Fatigue in the Workplace: Risky Employer Practices
• Developing an Effective Fatigue Risk Management System

Education and training are critical components of a comprehensive fatigue risk management system. This section covers a lot of ground, so consider introducing one safety topic at a time.

For example, focus on drowsy driving for one month. Encourage employees to take the training, open meetings with the drowsy driving safety talk and hang up posters around the workplace for that month before moving onto the next topic.

Posters

• Get Better Sleep with ACES
• Fatigue Leads to Mistakes and Injuries
• Sleep Apnea
• Drowsy Driving is Impaired Driving
• Insomnia
• Feeling Tired or Drowsy?

Fact Sheets

• Could You Get Better Sleep Every Day? Remember the Four Aces
• Sleep Disorders
• Tired Workers Get Hurt
• Riskiest Work Schedules
• How to Stay Alert Behind the Wheel
• Sleep Health is a Safety Priority
• Shift Work

Safety Talks and Infographic

• How Your Body Clock Works For or Against You
• How to Get Restful Sleep
• Drowsy Driving is Impaired Driving
• Riskiest Work Schedules

Online Training and Presentation

• Drowsy Driving Online Training
• Fatigue Risk Management Training with Pulsar Informatics - PowerPoint Presentation
• Fatigue Risk Management Online Training with Pulsar Informatics

These member-exclusive policies provide a step-by-step implementation guide for a comprehensive fatigue risk management system. Policies can be used to structure scheduling practices, tracking the number of hours employees work, and scheduling time off for rest between shifts.

These policy templates are designed to be plug-and-play, ready for your workplace. Choose a general policy template or industry-specific template for the utility, transportation, manufacturing or construction industries. After receiving organizational buy-in for the program, use these policies along with the other resources in this toolkit to implement a fatigue risk management system to help keep employees safer and healthier.

• General Fatigue Policy
• Construction Industry Fatigue Policy
• Transportation Industry Fatigue Policy
• Manufacturing Industry Fatigue Policy
• Utility Industry Fatigue Policy

A good safety management system should be grounded in data. Below, you'll find resources to build a data-driven fatigue risk management system. Start by conducting a fatigue risk and needs assessment, which will provide a better understanding of what is contributing to fatigue in your organization and what you can do about it. 

• Operational Fatigue Risk and Needs Assessment
• Signs and Symptoms Checklist
• Calculating the Cost of Poor Sleep: Methodology
• Incident Report Questions
• Fatigue Cost Calculator for Businesses
• The Role of Fatigue in Motor Vehicle Crashes

Fatigue management is a shared responsibility between employers and employees. To foster a sense of shared responsibility, utilize the following tools to help start the conversation about the importance of everyone’s accountability. 

• Managing Fatigue is Everyone's Responsibility
• Who is Responsible for Managing Fatigue
• Managing Fatigue Together