You have stop-work authority for a reason. Not just for bad conditions or sketchy equipment. For bad states. That includes being too tired to do the job safely.

Today's focus: Fatigue is a stop-work condition. If you're not capable of performing the task safely, you stop. You don't push through. You don't prove anything by getting hurt.

Every incident investigation includes fatigue. Every one. Because tired workers miss things. They react slower. They make assumptions. Assumptions kill.

If you're questioning whether you're too tired, you already know. Name it. Stop the task. Get coverage or delay the work. Your crew will respect it more than they'll respect you getting hurt trying to prove you're fine.

You earn trust by staying safe, not by staying quiet.

Pass this along to your foreman.

— Lito Wilkins