10. Driver Fatigue

Fatigue contributes to thousands of crashes every year. Learn about the causes of fatigue and how it impacts driving performance. These resources will help you understand the signs and symptoms of fatigue and learn how to manage it.

Industry experts analyze root causes of driver fatigue among professional truck drivers in Ontario

In 2019, the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD) partnered with IHSA to undertake a risk assessment workshop for the trucking sector in Ontario.

The risk assessment workshop gathered a diverse volunteer group of industry subject matter experts – including workers, supervisors, and employers from large and small companies – who submitted their top health and safety concerns in advance of the workshop. During the workshop, designed and led by Dr. Sujoy Dey, Ph.D. of the MLITSD, the submitted concerns were discussed and ranked by the group using an anonymous electronic voting tool.

Based on the anonymous voting results, a ranked list of top ten risks for the sector was created. Driver fatigue was found to be in the top three risks that professional truck drivers in Ontario face.

Learn more about the top 10 risks in Ontario’s general trucking sector.

The risk assessment was followed up with a root cause analysis workshop to better understand the causal factors of driver fatigue among professional truck drivers in Ontario and to develop critical controls and specific activities that could be put in place to address the risk. To learn more about the critical controls you can put in place to help prevent driver fatigue in the workplace, read the technical paper on driver fatigue among professional truck drivers in Ontario.

Related Articles & Resources

• Driver Fatigue in General Trucking Operations (W401)
• Root cause analysis report of driver fatigue among professional truck drivers in Ontario
• Driver fatigue root cause analysis report
• Background on IHSA’s collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD) on risk assessment and root cause analysis workshops
• Top 10 risks in Ontario’s general trucking sector
• Focus on driver fatigue: 6 best practices for employers in the transportation industry
• Top 10 root causes of driver fatigue in general trucking operations
• Mental Health and Wellness - Professional Truck Drivers
• Mental Health and Wellness - Dispatcher/Supervisor

How IHSA Can Help

Fatigue contributes to thousands of crashes every year. Learn about the causes of fatigue and how it impacts driving performance. The resources in this e-toolkit will help you understand the signs and symptoms of fatigue and learn how to manage it to help prevent motor vehicle incidents.