As part of Safety Day: Do the Right Thing in Managing Fatigue, we are presenting a series of short articles to raise your awareness of fatigue and fatigue-related risks as well to give you some ideas and tips as to avoid these hazards and keep you and your family safe.

Causes of general fatigue

Generally, fatigue is caused mainly due to inadequate "good quality" sleep, sustained physical stress, and/or mental stress. These in turn are caused by two distinct factors:

• Body Clock Factors and
• Work Factors.