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Sep 1, 2015

FATIGUE MANAGEMENT * USA: In trucking operations

* South Carolina - Seeking the safety payoff from fatigue management

-- Understanding what fatigue is and how to manage it effectively – through rest, sleep, diet and exercise, even tractor specifications – is a critical component to fostering what Tom DiSalvi calls the “safety payoff” in trucking operations... Southeastern Freight Lines (SEFL) took that strategy a step further by implementing a sleep apnea interdiction program designed by FusionHealth back in 2011... The fleet tested FusionHealth’s system by using one group of some 100 drivers with sleep apnea enrolled in the firm’s program compared to a second group of roughly 100 with the same gender, age, job, claims-based expenditures and medical conditions that didn’t use it... Within the first year of using the FusionHealth system, with a compliance rate of over 90%, the SEFL group using its sleep apnea program demonstrated a reduction in medical and pharmacy costs of 5% while in the case-control group those costs actually increased by 11%... More Importantly, SEFL witnessed what it dubbed an “immediate” impact in terms of accident savings, with preventable accidents in the FusionHealth group dropping by 45% compared to a 48% increase among the control group – helping generate $600,000 in total cost savings within one year... Based on those results, SEFL is expanding FusionHealth’s across its entire driver workforce; a process that should be completed by the end of this year... Yet he noted that voluntary program for SEFL’s drivers required some up-front dedication to work – noticeable improvements wouldn’t be felt for two to three weeks – so the carrier involved the driver’s families and spouses in the program, too... 
 Lexington, SC, USA - Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr - Jul 8, 2015

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