Fatigue: Still a Major Cause of Accidents

摘要

In January the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) put out its 2019-2020 "Most Wanted List." As the NTSB has no regulatory authority, this annual list stands as one effort to move the private and public sectors toward safer years to come. Topping this year's list is an item that crosses into the "wellness" category; to "reduce fatigue related accidents." The NTSB is calling for a "comprehensive approach to combatting fatigue in transportation focusing on research, education and training technology, sleep disorder treatment, hours-of-service regulations and on-and-off duty scheduling policies and practices."