How Much Does Fatigue Cost Your Operation?

Fatigue isn’t just a wellbeing issue — it’s a measurable operational risk.

Across safety-critical industries, fatigue contributes to incidents, injuries, absenteeism, turnover, and reduced productivity.

To help organizations quantify this impact, the National Safety Council, in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, developed an evidence-based calculator that estimates the annual cost of fatigue to your business based on workforce size and industry factors.

What the calculator helps estimate:

• Direct and indirect injury costs

• Productivity losses and presenteeism

• Absence and turnover impacts

• Overall annual cost attributable to fatigue

Estimates are based on population-level research and provide directional insight rather than exact figures.