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 69 of 53 8 I n c re a se d a c c ident ra tes 70 P REVENT IN G F ATI GUE AT WO RK The re a re c e rt a in t hing s y ou c a n do to help pre v e nt fa ti g u e a t wor k Th e li st below w il l help y ou pr e v e nt a n y a c c idents fr om f a ti g u e while y ou a r e a t wor k Ke e p the li g hts t urne d on Ma ke sure th e li g hts ar e on a ll the w a y Di m l ig h ti ng will incr e a s e y our fa ti g u e while a b rig htl y li t room wil l help y ou st a y a ler t Tur n the he a t down A lit tl e c hil l i n y our w orksp a c e will wor k to kee p y ou a wa ke W he n y our b od y is wa rm it na tura ll y b e g i ns t o fe e l sl e e p y Ge t up and move a round S it ti ng in a c ha ir or doin g one t a sk a ll da y will make y ou fe e l eve n mo re ti re d than y ou a lre a d y a r e Ea t but don t over e a t S ome f re sh f ruit or a li g ht snac k will he lp boos t y ou r e ne r g y without g ivi ng y o u the gro gg y full fe e li n g of a lar ge mea l Avoid drinking C a f fe ine W hil e it will make y ou a wa ke a nd a ler t fo r a short ti me the e ff e c ts ar e short li ve d Onc e the c a f f e ine a nd su g a r ha ve wor n off y ou will c ra sh a nd be e ve n more ti r e d than be for e I f y ou ha ve windows in y our o ff ice th e y shoul d be ope ne d The fr e sh a ir a n d na tura l sunl ig ht a re g r e a t st im ulants The y wi ll inst a ntl y boost y our m ood a nd e ne r g y Ta ke a b re a k Ge t up and move a round or just g ive y ou r bod y a c ha nc e to r e lax All t ha t m a tt e rs is y o u a re not wor kin g a nd that y ou a re r e lax e d I f y ou a r e a lr e a d y f e e li n g fa ti g u e d do not push y ou rse lf Tr y not t o ove rlo a d y our mind or bod y 80 C OMM ON CA USE S FOR F ATI G UE I nsom nia is wh e n a pe rso n ha s trouble e it he r fa ll ing a sle e p or sta y in g a sl e e p throug h the ni g ht The lac k of sle e p is t he numb e r one c a use of fa ti g ue S lee p Apne a is a c ondit ion t ha t ca use s a p e rson s b re a thi n g to be inter rupt e d while the y a re slee ping This di sruption will ofte n c a use the p e rso n to wa ke se v e ra l t im e s d uring the ni g ht their slee p c y c le is c onst a ntl y i nter rupte d C a ff e ine c a n a lso c a use f a ti g ue Dr inki ng c off e e o r sof t drinks l a te a t ni g ht could make it ha rde r to fa ll a slee p a nd g e t a f ull nig hts re st Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 037 P age Nu m b e r 5 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 A Poor e x e rc ise r outi ne c a n make a p e rson f e e l f a ti g ue d W he n y our b od y i s not fit t he re a nd hundr e ds of w a y s it c a n s how F a ti g ue is on e o f the se s y mpt oms