Work Schedules and Sleep Patterns of Railroad Workers
The objective of this project is to: (1) develop data sets on work and rest patterns for railroad workers to improve the understanding of the role of fatigue in the industry; and (2) collect samples from signalmen, maintenance-of-way workers (MOW), dispatchers, conductors and locomotive engineers. Data sets consist of the amount of daily work and sleep for a 15-day period: -type of work, pattern of work, commuting time and other factors -subjective assessment of alertness -demographic data for analysis
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program Information: Human Factors
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $1200000.00
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Railroad Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Raslear, Tom
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Performing Organizations:
Foster-Miller, Incorporated
350 Second Avenue
Waltham, MA United States 02254 - Start Date: 20120510
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- Source Data: RiP Project 30773
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Fatigue (Physiological condition); Human factors in crashes; Rest periods; Sleep; Train crews
- Uncontrolled Terms: Work schedules (Personnel)
- Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01465231
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Department of Transportation
- Files: RiP, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:57PM