TY - JOUR
T1 - Current state of worker fatigue assessment and associated recommendations in oil and gas and petrochemical industries
AU - Kang, John
AU - Sasangohar, Farzan
AU - Mehta, Ranjana K
N1 - Funding Information:
The work was supported by the Gulf Research Program of the National Academy of Science [grant number 200011061] (EMPOWER Safety Dashboards: Evaluate, Measure, and Promote Offshore Worker Engagement and Readiness).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/11/12
Y1 - 2021/11/12
N2 - Oil and gas extraction (OGE) and petrochemical workers are prone to fatigue due to shiftwork, circadian rhythm disruption, and workload. Currently, there is not a standard set of worker fatigue assessment methods developed to address the constraints in this industry. A systematic review was conducted to 1) identify and categorize fatigue assessment methods, 2) compare the effectiveness of identified methods, and 3) provide recommendations for use in this industry and future research. A total of 20 articles were selected for this review. The findings show that studies used subjective questionnaires (100%), task performance (35%), and physiological measurements (5%) as main fatigue assessment methods. Subjective questionnaires (measuring sleepiness and sleep quality), actigraphy, and task performance were effective at capturing fatigue levels. Finally, this review recommends that subjective questionnaires be employed to assess worker fatigue and supplement them with objective measurements, such as actigraphy (sleep quality) and Psychomotor Vigilance Task (task performance).
AB - Oil and gas extraction (OGE) and petrochemical workers are prone to fatigue due to shiftwork, circadian rhythm disruption, and workload. Currently, there is not a standard set of worker fatigue assessment methods developed to address the constraints in this industry. A systematic review was conducted to 1) identify and categorize fatigue assessment methods, 2) compare the effectiveness of identified methods, and 3) provide recommendations for use in this industry and future research. A total of 20 articles were selected for this review. The findings show that studies used subjective questionnaires (100%), task performance (35%), and physiological measurements (5%) as main fatigue assessment methods. Subjective questionnaires (measuring sleepiness and sleep quality), actigraphy, and task performance were effective at capturing fatigue levels. Finally, this review recommends that subjective questionnaires be employed to assess worker fatigue and supplement them with objective measurements, such as actigraphy (sleep quality) and Psychomotor Vigilance Task (task performance).
KW - Fatigue
KW - Offshore
KW - Oil and Gas Extraction
KW - Petrochemical Industry
KW - Shift workers
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U2 - 10.1177/1071181321651207
DO - 10.1177/1071181321651207
M3 - Conference article
SN - 1071-1813
VL - 65
SP - 1593
EP - 1597
JO - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
JF - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
IS - 1
T2 - 65th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2021
Y2 - 3 October 2021 through 8 October 2021
ER -