Individual Fatigue Risk Assessment Tool

In a work context, fatigue is a state of mental and/or physical exhaustion which reduces a person’s ability to perform work safely and effectively, and comes in three forms:

• PHYSICAL: Pronounced physical exhaustion and reduced ability to engage in physical activities
• MENTAL: Pronounced mental exhaustion and reduced ability to engage in mental or cognitive activities
• EMOTIONAL: Pronounced emotional exhaustion and reduced ability to engage in emotional activities 

This tool determines an individual's Fatigue Risk score and proposes actions / mitigations appropriate to the risk level. 

WHEN to COMPLETE

This tool enables a worker to self-assess their fatigue and can be used to assess fatigue risk in the following scenarios:

1. Start of Shift: As a routine assessment.
2. Extended Shifts/Rosters: When a shift or roster is extended (over cycle / overtime).
3. Shift Changes: During transitions between shifts.
4. Excessive Night Shifts: When working multiple night shifts.
5. Call Outs: For unexpected work calls.
6. Journey Management: Before commuting to or from work.
7. Self-Reported Symptoms: If an individual experiences and reports symptoms of fatigue.
8. Post-Incident: Following an incident or error to determine if fatigue was a contributing factor.
9. Observed Symptoms: If a colleague or supervisor observes symptoms of fatigue e.g. yawning, poor coordination, distracted etc. (For examples of symptoms:  IPIECA - IOGP Report 626-3: Managing fatigue in the workplace, Appendix 10.3 – Fatigue impairment checklist for supervisors)

Through the application of this tool, we aim to: 

• Prevent fatigue related incidents 
• Increase awareness of fatigue as a risk
• Reduce stigma
• Enable trending of fatigue risk factors 
• Simplify the individual fatigue risk assessment process