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FATIGUE POLICIES
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Norwich Union's Bill Pownall says a fatigue policy could have prevented an accident experienced by one of his customers.
The company in question had one driver who had not been involved in a road traffic accident in all the years he had been working. Then one day he turned his vehicle over on the M2. An investigation revealed that his wife had recently left him and moved to the East Anglian coast. The driver had been travelling there from the Heathrow-based company every Friday night to see his children and tiredness eventually took its toll. However, noone was aware of the driver's circumstances so no-one stopped his excessive driving.
Rather than being unnecessarily intrusive, fatigue policies play a part in improving health and safety. Pownall suggests.
"You still have to think about what sort of life a driver has outside his job. Has he got a new baby? Is he really refreshed after being up all night with the baby? It's very important to have a good fatigue policy in place.
-If employees believe they're doing an activity where they don't feel able to drive, give them an open-door policy to discuss it with you, rather than being dictatorial."