Causes, consequences and countermeasures to driver fatigue in the rail industry: The train driver perspective

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Causes, consequences and countermeasures to driver fatigue in the rail industry: The train driver perspective

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Fatigue is an important workplace risk management issue. Within the rail industry, the passing of a stop signal (signal passed at danger; SPAD) is considered to be one of the most major safety breaches which can occur. Train drivers are very aware of the negative consequences associated with a SPAD. Therefore, SPADs provide a practical and applied safety relevant context within which to structure a discussion on fatigue. Focus groups discussing contributing factors to SPADs were undertaken at...

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03 May, 2018

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AJ Filtness / Anjum Naweed

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https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Causes_consequences_and_countermeasures_to_dri...

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Train Driving / Rail Safety / Fatigue / Sleep / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors)

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