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No sleeping on the job

THE New South Wales Resources Regulator has raised concerns about workers driving vehicles while affected by fatigue, and fatigue risk assessments not being done on workers whose combined work and travel time exceed their workplace fatigue management plans.

 The Regulator's image of the incident

The Regulator's image of the incident

In the mining industry shift work requires workers to spend irregular and long hours in high-risk working environments. Inadequate sleep and extended time awake can fatigue workers. When that happens,...

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