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Employee fatigue in the U.S. railroad industry : in-depth analyses /
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 limita...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Transportation issues, policies and R & D series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- 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 studywhat 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 evaluationappendix i: objectives, scope, and methodology; appendix ii: the development of biomathematical models of fatigue; index.