The sleep and performance of train drivers during an extended freight-haul operation
The sleep and performance of train drivers was monitored across a 106-h rail operation between the Australian cities of Adelaide and Perth. The drivers worked alternating 8-h shift rotations across the operation and rested in specially equipped, crew-van carriages during non-work periods. The crew-van rest opportunities were associated with shorter bedtime spans, less total sleep time, and poorer sleep efficiency than sleeps initiated at home. The duration of crew-van sleeps was primarily dependent on the time of day at which the rest opportunities occurred. Overall, drivers incurred a significant cumulative sleep loss across the duration of the operation. Despite the deficit, drivers were able to sustain vigilance performance across the operation. (A) Reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
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Authors:
- DARWENT, D
- LAMOND, N
- DAWSON, D
- Publication Date: 2008-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 614-622
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Serial:
- Applied Ergonomics
- Volume: 39
- Issue Number: 5
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0003-6870
- EISSN: 1872-9126
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00036870
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Driving; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Locomotive engineers; Safety; Sleep
- Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
- Geographic Terms: Australia
- ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 1855: Driving (veh); 5911: Efficiency; 2222: Fatigue (human); 1665: Safety; 1711: Train driver
- Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01104651
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Jul 17 2008 1:02PM