Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 2 66 of 53 8 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e J a nua r y 31 2016 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e Apr il 8 2016 10 P U R P OS E AN D SCOPE The purp ose of this ele m e nt i s to p rote c t emplo y e e s fr om t he ha z a rds re lat e d to fa ti g u e F a ti g u e lev e ls a re not e a sil y me a sure d b ut ar e we ll known to a ff e c t emplo y e e pe rf orma n c e a nd a bil it y to wor k in a s a fe manne r F a ti g ue is a w o rkpla c e ha z a rd be c a us e it a ff e c ts y o ur a bil it y to t hink cle a rl y a nd a c t app ropr iate l y F a ti g ue d wo rke rs a re less a ler t do not pe rf o rm w e l l ar e less pr odu c ti ve a nd a re mor e li ke l y to h a ve a c c idents a nd inj uri e s B e c a use f a ti g u e c a nnot be me a sur e d it is di ff icult t o isol a te the e ff e c ts of e x tende d wor k hour s or la c k of sle e p on a n y c ha n g e s i n incide nt and injur y ra te s How e ve r fa t i g ue h a s be e n identifie d a s h a vin g pla y e d a si g nific a nt rol e in a numbe r of a c c id e nts and inc idents 20 DEF INITI ON O F F AT IG UE F a ti g ue is a state o f be in g ti re d I t c a n b e c a us e d b y lon g hour s of wor k lo ng hour s o f ph y si c a l or menta l a c ti vit y inade qua te r e st ex c e ssi ve stre ss and c om bination of the se fa c tors F a ti g ue c a n a lso r e sult due to i na de qua te sle e p a nd re c ove r y of ou r bod y withi n a 24 hour pe riod W orking out of s y nc wit h y our n a tura l bod y c lo c k re sult s in fa ti g u e too The na tura l bod y c y c le i s t o wor k dur in g da y li g ht and slee p whe n it is dar k Othe r f a c tors that ma y c a use fa ti g ue a re W ork e nvironmen t e g he a t cold vibra ti on or n oise L if e st y le fa mi l y re spons ibi li ti e s I ll he a lt h 30 S IG NS AND S YM P T O M S OF F ATI G UE He a da c he W e a kne ss Muscle P a in Diz z iness B lurr y visi on S hort ter m m e mor y loss P oor h a nd e y e c oordina ti on Diff icult y c onc e ntra ti n g I r rita bil it y Tire dne ss De pre ssi on L oss of a ppe ti te Dig e sti ve p roble ms S lee piness including f a ll ing a sle e p a g a inst a n indi vidual s will mic ro sle e ps Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 037 P age Nu m b e r 2 of 7 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e J a nua r y 31 2016 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e Apr il 8 2016 40 ROL E S AN D R E S P ONS IB IL I T IE S