Welcome to Risk Mentor Fatigue Management
Business Input - Journey planning for long commutes and travel
Expectation
There are practical journey planning processes in place
Specification
Requirements:
A formal process is in place to plan for regular (e.g. access to site) or specific (e.g. travel to a different mine site) journeys
Workers are trained and assessed in preparing a Journey plan
Guidance is in place to minimise fatigue and other travel risks when preparing a journey plan
Implementation
- Workers prepare journey plans in the site format and these are approved by their supervisor/manager before being undertaken
- Any requirement for work plus journey times being over 14 hours is avoided or a specific approval is sought from a senior manager
- Approved Journey plans are lodged with the Health and Safety professionals on site
Monitoring
- Reports are prepared on journey plans for senior management – highlighting any where work plus travel durations are approaching 14 hours
- Supervisors and others on site regularly confirm workers journey plans are relevant for their ongoing situation
