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Abstract

This paper outlines the causes, consequences and prevalence of fatigue and demonstrates the risk fatigue plays in accident causation in safety critical transport industries. Approaches to fatigue risk management are described and the limitations and challenges of these approaches are discussed in the context of the transport industry. The paper expands on previous research by further analysing data from a benchmarking study to determine the approaches taken in the rail industry. The paper concludes that railway organisations are applying some elements of a Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) approach to fatigue management, but this is not being applied systematically which may ultimately limit the effectiveness of measures taken.

Keywords

Accident, Causation, Fatigue, FRMS, Management, Risk, Safety

Publication Date

2022-01-01

Event

32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2022

Publication Title

Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2022 - Understanding and Managing Risk and Reliability for a Sustainable Future

Publisher

Research Publishing Services

ISBN

9789811851834

First Page

2087

Last Page

2096

Deposit Date

2026-08-05

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