Employee fatigue in the U.S. railroad industry : in-depth analyses / Ryan P. Flanagan, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flanagan, Ryan P., editor.

Series:

Transportation issues, policies and R&D series.

Transportation issues, policies and R&D

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads--Employees--Health aspects.

Railroads.

Railroads--Employees.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How fatigued are safety-critical railroad employees such as Train and Engine (T&E) workers, passenger T&E workers, signalmen, Maintenance of Way (MOW) workers and dispatchers, and how does their level of fatigue affect the safety of railroad operations? Are statutory or regulatory limitations on hours of work sufficient to prevent worker fatigue? Fatigue is largely a function of sleep and circadian rhythms. Sleep, in turn, is a function of work schedules. Work duration, the time of day (TOD) of work, and schedule variability are aspects of work schedules that determine when sleep can occur. Fa

Contents:

""EMPLOYEE FATIGUE IN THE U.S. RAILROAD INDUSTRY: IN-DEPTH ANALYSES""; ""EMPLOYEE FATIGUE IN THE U.S. RAILROAD INDUSTRY: IN-DEPTH ANALYSES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: FATIGUE STATUS OF THE U.S. RAILROAD INDUSTRY""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. WORK SCHEDULES""; ""3. SLEEP PATTERNS""; ""4. FATIGUE EXPOSURE""; ""5. FATIGUE RISK AND ACCIDENTS""; ""6. FINDINGS, IMPLICATIONS, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 2: FREIGHT RAILROAD SAFETY: HOURS OF SERVICE CHANGES HAVE INCREASED REST TIME, BUT MORE CAN BE DONE TO ADDRESS FATIGUE RISKS""""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS LIST""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""RSIA�S REQUIREMENTS INCREASED REST TIME AND DECREASED FATIGUE RISK WHILE LEAVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN FATIGUE RISK FROM NIGHT WORK""; ""NEW HOURS OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS HAVE LED TO OPERATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES THAT HAVE INCREASED SOME RAILROADS� COSTS""

""TOO SOON TO ASSESS FRA�S HOURS OF SERVICE OVERSIGHT, BUT IMPLEMENTATION OF PILOT PROJECT AND WAIVER PROVISIONS COULD YIELD MORE DATA TO ADDRESS FATIGUE""""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY""; ""APPENDIX II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOMATHEMATICAL MODELS OF FATIGUE""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 28, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63117-788-5

OCLC:

916951809