As summer sets in across North America, the workload for many industries doesn’t slow down - it ramps up. For truck drivers, seasonal deliveries and longer daylight hours often mean extended hauls and tighter schedules. For REALTORS®, spring and summer are peak showing seasons, with back-to-back appointments and long days spent alone in unfamiliar neighborhoods. While the season brings opportunity, it also brings heightened risk.
Long hours don’t just drain energy; they impact safety, decision-making and even long-term health. According to the National Safety Council, fatigue is a factor in up to 13% of workplace injuries. And in transportation-related industries, that number climbs even higher.
For truckers, Transport Canada reports that driver fatigue plays a role in 20% of fatal collisions. For real estate professionals, fatigue can reduce situational awareness and lead to costly or dangerous oversights when entering vacant properties, hosting open houses, or navigating unfamiliar areas alone.
The longer the workday, the higher the risk and during the summer, those days often stretch well beyond typical working hours.
What makes this even more critical is the fact that these professionals are often working alone. When you're on the road, walking into an empty house or arriving on-site solo, there’s no colleague nearby to step in if something goes wrong. Fatigue becomes more than a productivity issue - it becomes a safety hazard.
And yet, most workers won’t say they’re tired. They’ll push through. They’ll tell themselves they’re fine. That’s where my-eforce and our advanced eMeter® solution step in.
eMeter® is a game-changer for worker safety. It’s a smartwatch-powered feature within the my-eforce platform that monitors biometric and behavioral signs of fatigue in real time.
Here’s how it works:
It’s proactive safety designed for the real world where workers are often too busy, too proud or too far from help to ask for it.
While fatigue is a major concern, it’s often just one piece of a broader picture. During the summer, long-haul drivers and REALTORS® also face:
The combination of these factors means safety technology can’t just be reactive, it has to anticipate and adapt.
my-eforce isn’t just about fatigue monitoring. It offers a full suite of tools to help protect lone workers in high-demand roles:
Summer brings opportunity, but it also brings more strain. When workers push themselves harder, they need smarter systems looking out for them. With my-eforce, you can:
If you're a fleet manager, brokerage leader or field services director, now is the time to equip your team with tools that match the intensity of the season. Visit www.my-eforce.com to learn more.
