Due to the constant movement of people and equipment on a job site, construction jobs demand high levels of alertness. Sleep deprivation and fatigue affects many aspects of worker safety, including response time, motor control and decision-making ability to name a few, and can easily go unnoticed.
Todd Dawson, project manager for fatigue services at Caterpillar Inc., shared facts and myths about fatigue in the workplace and some methods and tools to prevent it during an education session at a recent CONEXPO-CON/AGG show.
While technology in this arena is advancing, company culture is just as important in mitigating the risks involved with fatigue.
Fatigue and What
