Industrial Fatigue: A Workman’s Great Enemy
Journal Title: IOSR journal of Business and Management - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 10
Abstract
This paper was a literature review of the concept of industrial fatigue. The paper described industrial fatigue as a normal physiological reaction to exertion, lack of sleep, boredom, changes to sleep-wake schedules, or stress; and as weariness, tiredness, exhaustion, or lethargy, which is generally linked to a feeling of lack of energy. Symptoms associated with fatigue were reported as including increased anxiety, decreased short term memory, slowed reaction time, decreased work efficiency, reduced motivational drive, decreased vigilance, increased variability in work performance, increased errors of omission and commission. Its causes were also found to include overtime work, sudden changes in the working environment, employment of middleaged workers in the aging society, problems of working hours for part-timers, and changes in work. Moreover, its consequences were reported to include accidents and health challenges of multiple dimensions. The paper concluded on the note that for organizations must operate in an accident-free condition, fatigue has to be minimized to its barest minimum and in doing so workplace danger would either be completely eliminated, or at least minimized to its barest minimum.
Authors and Affiliations
JMO Gabriel PhD, Mrs Peretemode, Otaroghene PhD, Dr. David Dinges
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