12.8 EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL FATIGUE
• Reduced performance and productivity in the workplace.
• Increase the possibility of absenteeism and turnover.
• Increase the risk of accidents and injuries occurring.
• Ability to think clearly.
• Headache, eye strain, muscular pain etc.
• Lack of concentration.
• Irritability, anxiety etc.
• Poor judgements.
• Reduced capacity for effective interpersonal communication.
• Fatigue and irregular sleeping habit disrupt circulation rhythms.
• Lack of sleep cause heart disease, high blood pressure, stomach infection, diabetes, depression, asthma and many more.
• Women’s reproductive health can also be affected by fatigue like increased risk of miscarriage, low birth weigh, higher occurrence of premature birth.