**Development of the Fatigue Risk Assessment and Management in High-Risk Environments (FRAME) Survey: A Participatory Approach**

**Ashley E. Shortz 1, Ranjana K. Mehta 2,\*, S. Camille Peres 1, Mark E. Benden <sup>1</sup> and Qi Zheng <sup>3</sup>**


Received: 20 December 2018; Accepted: 10 February 2019; Published: 13 February 2019

**Abstract:** Existing risk assessment tools are not effective or sustainable in identifying Oil and Gas Extraction (OGE) workers at high risk of fatigue-related injuries or incidents. We developed a comprehensive Fatigue Risk Assessment and Management in high-risk Environments (FRAME) survey through an industry-academic participatory approach. The FRAME survey was developed through: (1) systematic gathering of existing fatigue scales; (2) refining the inventory using the Delphi Consensus technique; and (3) further refinement through employee/worker focus groups. The participatory approach resulted in a final FRAME survey across four fatigue dimensions—sleep, shiftwork, physical, and mental fatigue, and was composed of 26 items. The FRAME survey was founded on occupational fatigue science and refined and tailored to the OGE industry, through rigorous industry stakeholder input, for safer, effective, practical, and sustainable fatigue assessment and management efforts.

**Keywords:** oil and gas; overexertion; sleep; shift; workload; questionnaire
