Citation

Fletcher A. Ind. Health 2010; 48(4): 406-415.

Affiliation

Integrated Safety Support.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, National Institute of Industrial Health, Japan)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20720332

Abstract

The global mining industry keeps expanding, and projects are often started in areas previously considered too remote. Due to worker beliefs about safety, and the diversity of cultures in remote projects, the measurement and management of human fatigue is complex. This paper reports on five studies from companies in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, where workers had been killed in likely fatigue-related accidents. Mixed-method approaches, involving qualitative, semi-quantitative, and quantitative measures were used. Participants were 20-45 yr old, had homes of 4.7 people (SD +/- 1.8), shared income outside of the house in 80% of cases, travelled

Language: en