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The CSG Industry – Working Together To Address our Safety Challenges Joint Industry – Contract – Regulator Forum 6 May 2011. CSG Industry Fatigue Risk Management Guideline Dr Kirsty McCulloch. Sleep, Alertness & Fatigue. Big consequences if we don’t get it right….
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The CSG Industry – Working Together To Address our Safety Challenges Joint Industry – Contract – Regulator Forum 6 May 2011
CSG Industry Fatigue Risk Management Guideline Dr Kirsty McCulloch
Sleep, Alertness & Fatigue Big consequences if we don’t get it right…
Managing Fatigue: It’s All About Sleep! Dawson & McCulloch (2005), Sleep Medicine Reviews, 9 (5), 365-380
Sleep Opportunity: Planned Work Hours Guidelines * Any work should be conducted within these hours, but is not expected to last for the duration
Summarising Hours of Work Guidelines • Planned work hours • Red flag Fatigue Management Plan • Consider impact on safety critical tasks • Fatigue modelling to maximise sleep opportunity & recovery • Actual work hours • Avoid excursions from planned work hours • Where required, stay within the prescribed limits • Business/safety requirement to exceed actual work hours limits – only with individual’s consent, and with formally documented strategies in place • Work Environment/Work Tasks
Managing Fatigue: It’s All About Sleep! Dawson & McCulloch (2005), Sleep Medicine Reviews, 9 (5), 365-380
Actual Sleep: Personal Fitness for Work 10 500 9 400 8 300 Caffeine (mg/head/day) Sleep (hrs) 7 200 6 100 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990
Actual Sleep: Personal Fitness for Work • How do we achieve this? • Training & education • Culture & FFW expectations • Encourage self-reporting for trend analysis • Challenges • Perceptions of ‘fatigue’ as a threat • Travel to work & start shift • Short changes • Sleep disorders
Symptoms & Behaviours: Personal Fitness for Work • How do we achieve this? • Training & education • Culture & FFW expectations • Encourage self- & peer-reporting for trend analysis • Challenges • Perceptions of ‘fatigue’ as a threat • Perceptions of ‘dobbing’ • Flexibility with mitigation strategies
Incident Investigation • Fatigue is an unrecognised contributor to many workplace incidents • The more info we can gather about the nature & consequence of fatigue, the better we can manage it • Investigations should consider: • Work history • Number of consecutive night shifts • Breaks during the shift • Nature & demands of work tasks & work environment • Travel time before and after shifts • Sleep history of the individual(s) involved • Medical issues that may contribute to fatigue (e.g. sleep disorders) • Observed fatigue-related symptoms & behaviours • Substances likely to cause drowsiness or prevent sleep
Questions? Dr Kirsty McCulloch Santos Ltd kirsty.mcculloch@santos.com p: (08) 8116 5360 m: 0401 059 030