As the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL), HSL has worked with companies from across industry to assess and manage fatigue risk as part of their risk management system. The work is aligned with current industry guidance such as the Energy Institute's 'Managing Fatigue Using a Fatigue Risk Management Plan', 2014. It includes the use of self-report measures, predictive tools such as the Fatigue Risk Index (FRI) and fatigue investigative methods. The aim of this paper is to share some of the key benefits and challenges associated with developing a fatigue risk management system. This will include a discussion on using fatigue risk management tools in practice - getting buy-in from senior managers and staff, maintaining momentum, accounting for individual differences in bio-mathematical models and over-reliance on the numerical outputs from models. The paper draws upon examples of work with major hazard sites to illustrate how challenges can be overcome to develop an effective Fatigue Risk Management Plan. It also highlights gaps in scientific knowledge where greater understanding could potentially impact positively on safety performance. The paper invites industry representatives to comment on our thoughts about where additional research is needed and how this might be achieved.
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