Impact of Fatigue and Sleepiness on the Incidence of Occupational Accidents in the Preparation, Construction and Manufacture of the tire Industry
Palabras clave:
fatigue, tiredness, workplace errors, long shifts, safety
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The research focused on analyzing the influence of long working hours on safety in the tire industry, especially in preparation and manufacturing areas. Rather than assuming fatigue as a given problem, the objective was to understand how physical and mental exhaustion relate to workplace mistakes and accidents, based on workers' real experiences. A total of 160 employees, all working shifts longer than 10 hours, participated by completing two standard questionnaires: the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale and the Chalder Fatigue Scale. To bring out that larger context, some follow-up interviews were conducted as well, in which workers described of fatigue in their own terms. Accident records from the year before were thrown into the mix, and all of it was run through SPSS. The findings were not surprising, but they were dramatic nonetheless: increased levels of fatigue were highly correlated with an increase in errors, who were fatigued respiratory rate. The results also suggested that fatigue is one of the major contributors to human error and causing workplace accidents in the organizations with high-intensity work and long and hard workdays. It is a common assumption that longer working hours may negatively affect both the physical and mental ability of workers.
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https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/niosh/newsroom/feature/reduce-fatigue.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7078/2/4/40?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqu168
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Cortés Viveros, N., Hernández García, R. A., Galván Sarabia, A., Olivares Galvan, H. R., & Texon Olguin, O. A. (2025). En Busca del Modelo Ideal para Determinar las Variables que Explican el Tiempo de Desempleo en Buscadores Xalapeños. Estudios Y Perspectivas Revista Científica Y Académica , 5(3), 65–81. https://doi.org/10.61384/r.c.a.v5i3.1332
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Kaida, K., Takahashi, M., Åkerstedt, T., Nakata, A., Otsuka, Y., Haratani, T. & Fukasawa, K. (2006). Validation of the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale against performance and EEG variables. Clinical Neurophysiology , 117 (7), 1574-1581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2006.03.011
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). (1970).
Oklahoma State University. (2024). Human Performance Research Challenges in the Relationship Between Energy and Fatigue. OSU News. Recovered from
https://news.okstate.edu/articles/communications/2024/human_performance_research_challenges_relationship_between_energy_and_fatigue.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Philip, P., Chaufton, C., Orriols, L., Lagarde, E., Amoros, E., Laumon, B., Akerstedt, T., Taillard, J. & Sagaspe, P. (2014). Complaints of poor sleep and risk of traffic accidents: a population-based casecontrol study. PloS one, 9(12), e114102.
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https://www.themisadvocatesgroup.com/index.php?Itemid=200&catid=23%3Alatest-news&id=197%3Ahuman-fatigue-risk-management-in-workplace-settings--implications-for-litigation&option=com_content&view=article&utm_source=chatgpt.com
Schutte P.C. (2010). Fatigue risk management: Charting a path to a safer workplace. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 110 (1):53-55.
Uehli, K., Mehta, A. J., Miedinger, D., Hug, K., Schindler, C., Holsboer-Trachsler, E. & Künzli, N. (2014). Sleep problems and work injuries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 18(1), 61–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2013.01.004
University of Michigan. (2022). UM Researchers Leading Partnership Studying Mental Fatigue.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9807493/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Van Dongen, H.P.A, Maislin, G., Mullington, J.M. & Dinges, D.F. (2003). The cumulative cost of additional wakefulness: Dose-response effects on neurobehavioral functions and sleep physiology from chronic sleep restriction and total sleep deprivation. Sleep. 26 (2):117–126.
Williamson, A. & Friswell, R. (2013). The effect of external non-driving factors, payment type, and waiting and queuing on fatigue in long distance and Prevention. 58:26–3.
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2025-09-19
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Martinez Oropesa , C. (2025). Impact of Fatigue and Sleepiness on the Incidence of Occupational Accidents in the Preparation, Construction and Manufacture of the tire Industry. Ciencia Latina Revista Científica Multidisciplinar, 9(4), 8744-8766. https://doi.org/10.37811/cl_rcm.v9i4.19450
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