La historia de Daniel · Daniel Platt, Cofundador y director ejecutivo

El trastorno del sueño que nadie evaluó.

El padre de Daniel murió a causa de un conductor con apnea del sueño no diagnosticada que se quedó dormido al volante. Todo lo que Daniel ha construido desde entonces parte de ahí.

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7 de octubre de 2004

5:55 a. m. · Victoria, Australia El padre de Daniel conducía al trabajo por la misma carretera que había recorrido innumerables mañanas antes.

El conductor que venía de frente no sabía que tenía apnea del sueño. Nada en su vida había planteado la pregunta, así que nada lo detectó. El costo de esa brecha fue alto para todos los involucrados.

Es el patrón que Daniel ha visto repetirse desde entonces: la persona al volante supera todos los controles que se le exigen, y ninguno de ellos pregunta por el sueño.

El conductor que venía de frente

El conductor, que circulaba en sentido contrario, se quedó dormido e invadió el carril del padre de Daniel, lo que provocó un choque frontal a gran velocidad.

Apnea del sueño sin diagnosticar
Volvía a casa tras un turno de noche
Se quedó dormido al volante en una carretera no dividida de 62 mph

El padre de Daniel fue evacuado por vía aérea al hospital, luchando por su vida.

En poco más de un día, el mundo de la familia se había hecho pedazos:El padre de Daniel ya no estaba.

La familia de Daniel perdió a un padre, un esposo, un trabajador y un compañero de equipo. Hoy también sería el abuelo de los hijos de Daniel.

Todo eso se perdió por un trastorno del sueño que nada había detectado.

Era totalmente evitable.

En el trabajo
En casa
En la vida

El sueño y la fatiga no son solo temas de bienestar. También son graves problemas de seguridad, legales y financieros.

No es un caso aislado

La familia de Daniel no es la única. Cada uno de estos casos fue publicado por investigadores, tribunales o reguladores en Estados Unidos, y todos siguen el mismo patrón: alguien se quedó dormido y se produjo un accidente.

Los casos se muestran en inglés.

oct 2016 · California, United States
Truck driver with undiagnosed sleep apnea falls asleep in traffic stop; fatigued coach driver hits him, 13 killed
- Seguridad
Before dawn on an interstate highway, a truck driver failed to move off after a short police traffic break, most likely because he had fallen asleep, and a tour coach traveling at highway speed crashed into the back of the stopped truck, killing the coach driver and 12 passengers. The National Transportation Safety Board found the truck driver was at very high risk of obstructive sleep apnea and had never been tested, and that the coach driver failed to react because of fatigue after a disrupted sleep the previous day. It also faulted the road authority's traffic management plan for the traffic break.
Caso US-transport-10Informar de un error
oct 2005 · Wisconsin, United States
Grocery fleet truck driver falls asleep and overturns on an interstate; school band's motorcoach hits the wreck, five killed
- Seguridad
A grocery retailer's tractor-trailer drifted off an interstate highway in Wisconsin at about 2 a.m. and overturned across the road, and a motorcoach carrying a high school marching band struck it. The National Transportation Safety Board found the truck driver fell asleep at the wheel, most likely fatigued because he did not use his off-duty rest opportunities and got inadequate, disrupted sleep. The motorcoach driver and four passengers were killed and 35 passengers were injured.
Caso US-transport-49Informar de un error
dic 2013 · New York, United States
No criminal charges for engineer whose undiagnosed sleep apnea led to fatal derailment
- Seguridad
- Legal
A commuter train entered a 30 mph curve at 82 mph and derailed after its engineer nodded off, killing four people and injuring more than 70. Safety investigators found his sleepiness came from undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea combined with a recent sharp change in his work schedule, and that the railroad had no sleep-disorder screening. The local district attorney decided not to bring criminal charges, finding no criminality, leaving the legal and financial consequences to the railroad and civil claims.
Caso US-rail-13Informar de un error
nov 1990 · California, United States
Freight engineer awake almost 27 hours falls asleep and runs stop signal; head-on collision kills four
- Seguridad
Two freight trains of a freight railroad collided head-on at about 4:11 am, killing all three crew of one train and a brakeman on the other. The NTSB found the engineer failed to stop at the stop signal because he was asleep, after chronic sleep deprivation from an irregular, unpredictable work schedule; the other crew members probably were also asleep. The Board also cited the railroad's lack of a procedure to remove unfit crew from service and inadequate federal hours-of-service rules.
Caso US-rail-15Informar de un error
jun 2019 · California, United States
Short-slept dump truck driver falls asleep approaching red light; two killed, 10 years' prison
- Seguridad
- Legal
A dump truck driver working long days in an area recovering from a major wildfire hit stopped traffic at a red light at 55 mph with no sign of braking, setting off a four-vehicle crash that killed two people and seriously injured four. State highway patrol investigators concluded he had not obtained the sleep needed to drive his commercial vehicle safely after late nights in the preceding days, and that he fell asleep approaching the intersection. He pleaded guilty to two counts of felony vehicular manslaughter and was sentenced to ten years in state prison.
Caso US-transport-43Informar de un error
mar 2017 · Alabama, United States
Truck driver falls asleep and kills two in head-on crash; regulator shuts down the carrier
- Seguridad
- Legal
A truck crossed the centreline and struck a car head-on, killing both people in the car. Federal investigators found the driver had fallen asleep at the wheel, had no hours-of-service records for the previous seven days and no valid medical certificate, and that the carrier did not monitor its drivers to prevent fatigued operation. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration declared the company an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered it to cease all operations immediately.
Caso US-transport-27Informar de un error
ago 2014 · Arkansas, United States
Engineer with poorly treated sleep apnea and irregular-shift conductor fall asleep; two killed
- Seguridad
At 2:28 am a southbound freight train failed to slow and stop for signals and collided with a northbound freight train, killing the southbound engineer and conductor and seriously injuring the other crew. The National Transportation Safety Board found both southbound crew members were fatigued and had fallen asleep: the engineer because of diagnosed but inadequately treated moderate obstructive sleep apnea, and the conductor because of highly variable shift start times. It also found the railroad's medical rules did not require employees to report a sleep disorder or ensure treatment was working.
Caso US-rail-10Informar de un error
ene 2014 · Illinois, United States
Truck driver convicted of driving while impaired by fatigue after dozing off and killing a tollway worker
- Seguridad
- Legal
A truck driver who had worked 37 hours straight on just 3.5 hours of rest admitted he dozed off before his truck slammed into emergency vehicles assisting a disabled truck on an Illinois tollway. A tollway worker was killed and a state trooper was critically burned. After a bench trial the driver was convicted of driving a commercial vehicle while impaired by fatigue and hours-of-service offences, and received the maximum three-year prison sentence.
Caso US-transport-21Informar de un error
2020 · Oklahoma, United States (case heard in Texas)
$104 million verdict after trucking company's driver fell asleep and hit a parked truck, killing his co-driver
- Seguridad
- Legal
- Financiero
A tractor-trailer driven by a company trainer drifted onto the shoulder of an interstate and struck a parked box truck with its hazard lights on, killing the co-driver who was asleep in the sleeper berth. A Texas jury found the driver had fallen asleep at the wheel and, in a case centred on driver fatigue and the carrier's safety policies, awarded the co-driver's family $104 million, including punitive damages. The carrier said it was evaluating its appeal options.
Caso US-transport-30Informar de un error
oct 2008 · Florida, United States
Deputy falls asleep driving his cruiser home after shift and kills motorist; $500,000 settlement and $371,850.98 claim bill
- Seguridad
- Legal
- Financiero
A county sheriff's deputy driving home in his cruiser after his shift fell asleep at the wheel just before sunrise, crossed the median and hit oncoming traffic, killing a man on his way to work and injuring two others. The sheriff's office admitted liability and agreed a $500,000 mediated settlement with the estate, paying part of it along with smaller settlements to other people involved. Florida Senate special masters found the sheriff's office vicariously liable and recommended a claim bill for the remaining $371,850.98, which passed through an identical House bill in 2015.
Caso US-emergency-08Informar de un error

Lo que construyó junto a Melissa

Daniel cofundó Sleepfit Solutions en 2016 y pasó casi una década como su director de Tecnología y Producto, diseñando y desarrollando toda la suite: tamizaje de trastornos del sueño, evaluación organizacional del riesgo de fatiga, evaluación al inicio del turno y análisis de incidentes relacionados con la fatiga.

Construyó la plataforma conforme a ISO 27001 y fue nombrado director ejecutivo en 2026.

El impacto hasta ahora

Cada cifra proviene de nuestras propias implementaciones o de investigaciones independientes, y ninguna nombra a un cliente.

100,000+personas han usado nuestros programas, en empleadores y organismos gubernamentales de Australia, Estados Unidos, Europa y Asia.
62%de los empleados ferroviarios identificados con un riesgo elevado de trastornos del sueño tomó medidas para recibir tratamiento, en la implementación en un operador ferroviario.
1,000+empleados de una fuerza laboral ferroviaria que trabaja por turnos completaron una evaluación del sueño. Una cuarta parte completó una segunda, en promedio 93 días después.
2estudios independientes del Appleton Institute de CQUniversity encontraron una mejora significativa en la salud del sueño y en la gravedad del insomnio tras usar Sleepfit.

Ninguno de los dos estudios tenía la potencia estadística para demostrar eficacia frente a un grupo de control.

Cómo valoramos nuestra evidencia

Veintidós años después, mi familia sigue viviendo con lo que un solo trastorno del sueño no diagnosticado nos arrebató. Haré todo lo que esté en mi mano para detectarlo en quienes no saben que lo tienen, antes de que le arrebate un ser querido a otra familia.

Daniel PlattCofundador y director ejecutivo

Riesgo y Seguridad

La pregunta que hará un investigador

En EE. UU. todavía no existe un requisito federal de hacer tamizaje de apnea del sueño a los trabajadores del transporte: una reglamentación conjunta de los reguladores ferroviario y de autotransporte fue retirada en 2017. La fatiga sigue siendo un peligro reconocido, y después de un incidente se le preguntará qué sabía al respecto y qué hizo.

La historia de Melissa · Fundadora

El sueño empieza en casa.

Melissa llegó al sueño en casa, como madre primeriza: una hija cuyas noches aún estaba aprendiendo a entender y un esposo que vivía con insomnio crónico. Todo lo que ha construido desde entonces parte de ahí.

Volver a Nosotros

Encuentre los trastornos del sueño no diagnosticados en su fuerza laboral antes de que lo haga un investigador.

Indíquenos su industria y aproximadamente cuántas personas emplea. Su panorama estima cuántas probablemente duermen mal y cuánto le cuesta. Luego elija a quién cubrir y definiremos con usted el siguiente paso: un Fatiguefit Census donde la fatiga es un riesgo para la seguridad, o una propuesta para un programa de bienestar.

Vea el panorama de su fuerza laboral

Un ejemplo de instantánea de la fuerza laboral en una tableta: problemas de sueño modelados y el costo del sueño deficiente para 1.400 personas en transporte y logística.