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Safety expert Siphiwe Baleka says monitoring fatigue can help end trucking's health crisis

As a world-class swimmer, Siphiwe Baleka knows how important sleep is to human performance. As a transportation expert, he also knows the role fatigue plays in highway safety.
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TPD partnership creates North America’s only fit-for-duty fatigue check for temporary staff

International workforce and HR solutions company TPD and Fatigue Science announce a partnership creating North America’s only Fit-for-Duty Fatigue Check for staffing services.
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BBMV construction partners managing fatigue on London's $19-billion Crossrail megaproject

BBMV is recognizing the risks of workplace fatigue in heavy construction, and is working with Fatigue Science to add fatigue risk management to its many safety initiatives.
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Sleeping giant: Fatigue Science sets sights on expansion, new markets for wearable tech and fatigue monitoring

Fatigue Science’s combination of scientifically validated sleep monitoring and wearable tech can predict fatigue in large industrial workforces. And that, could save lives.
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Wearable technology a game changer in transportation safety

One of our clients, Dan De Palma, of Arrow Transportation Systems, and our CEO Sean Kerklaan, talk with Fleet Owner Magazine about sleep technology in the trucking industry.
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The sleepy surgeon: a look at surgeon fatigue

In modern medical research there is less and less criticism of the methodology of published research and more and more criticism of the interpretation of the results.
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Inc.: Sleep culture in the workplace

Fatigue Science CEO, Sean Kerklaan sat down with Chip Joyce from Inc.com to discuss how Fatigue Science “is doing to corporations what Billy Beane did to baseball: using hard data to transform performance and safety by teaching companies how to mitigate employee fatigue.”
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ABC News: Could sleep apnea testing reduce major transportation accidents?

What did former Green Bay Packer, Reggie White, and the driver of a Metro North train have in common? A medical condition called sleep apnea.
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Global BC News: "Driver impairment due to fatigue" cited as cause of ambulance crash

A newly released coroners report of a 2010 ambulance crash on Vancouver Island, BC in which two paramedics were killed has affirmed the long-held belief that fatigue was a factor and that the driver had likely fallen asleep at the wheel.

How fatigued employees affect your business

This infographic demonstrates the challenges to workplace productivity that exist when employees are not sufficiently rested.
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Schedule variability linked to fatigue and human factors incidents

Schedule variability linked to fatigue and human factors incidents in new US Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Association study.

It's 3 am, do you know how fatigued your workers are?

When the news of the Chicago train derailment came across our desks last week, we immediately took notice of the time of day the incident occurred. We know from experience and science, that 3 AM is not an optimal time for us to be up and about, performing safety sensitive tasks.
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Is sleep apnea affecting workplace safety in your organization?

Sleep apnea is a “chronic medical condition that is associated with excessive daytime sleepiness, inattention, and fatigue. It may impair daily function, induce or exacerbate cognitive deficits, and increase the likelihood of errors and injuries.”
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BetaKit: Don't be the drunken entrepreneur

Betakit writer, John Gray, spent some time with Fatigue Science CEO, Sean Kerklaan, to discuss Fatigue Science's technology, the CEO life, and how the science behind sleep and performance matters to industrial workers, professional elite athletes, and start-up CEO's alike.
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Readiband technology to be included in WSU presentation at White House Safety Datapalooza

Researchers at Washington State University have been looking at ways of leveraging data from wearable or mobile technology to help keep police officers safe and effective on the job. Enter their ‘BeSharp’ app which utilizes Fatigue Science’s Readiband technology and our SAFTE algorithm.