Fatigue, sleep, and shift work
Getting adequate rest is critical to work safety and productivity. Browse these resources for information on managing fatigue and reducing risks.
Online Trainings
Total Worker Health®: Fatigue
Learn how much getting enough sleep does for you and get tips that help employees prevent fatigue—and injuries—at work in this short training.
Resources
Fatigue
Prevent fatigue
This guide provides employers with ways to prevent fatigue in the workplace.
How Fatigue impacts our work
A 10 minute safety talk for employees
Fatigue bookmarks [Spanish]
These bookmarks provide information on fatigue and driving and include instructions for printing and cutting your own bookmarks.
Fatigue resources (NSC)
This National Safety Council resource outlines the risk of fatigue in the workplace and provides ways to support employees.
Healthy sleep
Poster │ What does getting good sleep do for you?
This poster talks about how getting good sleep helps our bodies. (8.5 x 11) (11 x 17) [Spanish]
Quick sleep tips (American Academy of Sleep Medicine)
Find videos, articles, and free apps for adults and children.
Finding your sleep/wake rhythm (Harvard Medical School)
This interactive game from Harvard Public Health tests reaction times and answers the question "How Awake Are You?"
Shift work
Trainig for nurses on shiftwork and long work hours (NIOSH)
Designed for nurses, this module provides a good overview of the impacts of shift work and long working hours.
Plain language about shift work (NIOSH)
This booklet suggests ways of coping with night work and shifting schedules.
Overtime and extended hours
Overtime and extended work shifts: Recent findings on illnesses, injuries, and health behaviors (NIOSH)
This document summarizes scientific findings on the effects of overtime and extended work shifts on worker health and safety.
Drowsy driving
DrowsyDriving.org (National Sleep Foundation)
Find information, news, and advocacy aimed at reducing fatigue-related crashes.