What Is The Cost Of Fatigue? Workplace fatigue awareness has been on the rise ever since fatigue was found to be a contributing factor in incidents like the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Chernobyl disaster, and the Challenger explosion. Many of today’s...
This article will provide an overview of the state of impairment testing today and will answer the following questions: 1. What is impairment testing? 2. What’s the history of impairment testing? a. Increasing Awareness of Workplace Fatigue b. Early...
Fifteen percent of the U.S. full-time workforce works shifts outside of a consistent, day-time schedule putting these shift workers at increased risk of fatigue and Shift Work Disorder and companies at an increased risk of accidents and errors. Further compounding the...
Plane crashes, especially when a commercial airline is involved, attract more attention than many other types of industrial accidents. Fortunately, aviation accidents are relatively rare, but when they do occur, 80% are a result of human error, and of those, an...
Millions of insomniacs, Netflix bingers, and parents with loud babies report to work every day. We see them everywhere. They’re the ones huffing and puffing as loudly as possible at any minor inconvenience, such as a lapdog yelping next door or a coworker crunching...
It’s estimated that more than 30% of Americans get less than 7 hours of sleep a night. According to the CDC, individuals who do not get sufficient sleep are at greater risk of developing chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart...