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Kronos Survey Finds Employee Fatigue Can Cost Energy Companies Millions Annually; Night Shifts Not the Leading Cause of Fatigue
CHELMSFORD, Mass. --(Business Wire)--
A new survey commissioned by Kronos
Incorporated and conducted by PennEnergy reveals that employee
fatigue causes energy organizations to lose on average $87,000 to $2.4
million per year, depending on company size. The survey also uncovers
that working a 20-hour day or working 14 days in a row without a day off
is more likely to cause fatigue than working mostly night shifts.
News Facts
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The new survey titled "The Effects of Employee Fatigue and its
Management in the Energy Industry" surveyed frontline managers,
directors, and C-level executives across the energy industry
comprising oil and gas, oil services, and power sectors. The survey
represents views from companies with a total of approximately 350,000
employees. The views reflect top influences of employee fatigue; its
impact; and what companies are doing to manage it.
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The top influences of employee fatigue as found by the survey are as
follows in rank order:
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The number of hours worked per day
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Number of consecutive days worked without more than 24 hours off
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Total hours worked in a week
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Working mostly nights
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Survey respondents rank productivity losses, quality issues, and minor
accidents as the top three impacts of employee fatigue on companies.
In fact, fatigue causes 10 percent of lost productivity and 12 percent
of quality issues in the energy sector. And frontline managers
attribute 40 percent more to productivity and quality issues to
fatigue than C-level respondents. Absenteeism, increased healthcare
costs, and major accidents follow as other impacts of fatigue.
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Respondents, who believe that their companies have effective internal
fatigue guidelines, also believe that fatigue causes fewer production
problems. However 57 percent of all respondents report that their
company does not have or they are not aware that their companies have
internal guidelines for managing fatigue. The survey findings also
indicate that C-level leaders consider internal fatigue-related
guidelines to be less important, compared to frontline managers.
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And while nearly half of respondents consider the design of schedules
to be a key element in a fatigue-management effort, fewer than one in
10 oil and gas organizations surveyed currently have a system with
real-time capability of reporting potential fatigue, which ombines
work history with upcoming schedules.
Supporting Quote
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Charlie DeWitt, vice president, business development, Kronos (News - Alert)
"Finding
and producing energy is a 24x7 business, naturally leading to high
employee fatigue levels and this survey confirms that the industry
recognizes the causes and impacts of fatigue. At Kronos we offer a
workforce management solution that helps energy companies manage
fatigue with real-time visibility into labor, work-in-process, and
equipment. Without such a system, fatigue can only be assessed
retrospectively, limiting prevention. We believe that forward-thinking
companies will increasingly embrace such technology."
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Hilton Price, petroleum content editor, PennEnergy
"The
survey shows a major disconnect concerning employee fatigue in the
energy industry. Employee fatigue isn't being thoroughly addressed by
many energy companies but it can have a major impact on business, even
affecting the bottom line. Managing employee fatigue is an area in
need of urgent attention if employers want to ensure and improve
productivity."
Supporting Resources
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About PennEnergy
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Note to editors: Cite survey as the "The Effects of Employee Fatigue
and its Management in the Energy Industry survey conducted by
PennEnergy and commissioned by Kronos Incorporated."
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