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SUMMARY:Understanding Operator Stress in Pipeline Control Rooms Field Obse
 rvations and Ergonomic Implications
DESCRIPTION:Jangwoon Park (University of South Carolina)\n\nPipeline contr
 ol room operators face compounding stressors from rotating shift schedules
 , dense alarm-driven interfaces, cognitive-intensive shift handovers, and 
 sociotechnical communication gaps. This paper presents field observations 
 conducted during a two-day site visit to an active natural gas and liquid 
 pipeline control room. Through direct operator shadowing and informal inte
 rviews, we identified multidimensional, cyclically patterned stress source
 s rooted in circadian disruption, hypervigilance, transition-period cognit
 ive load, and communication-induced ambiguity. Environmental design elemen
 ts partially modulated these demands. Findings directly inform a Digital T
 win Control Room Simulator under development, embedding empirically observ
 ed stressors to support human-centered interface design validation and ope
 rator resilience research.\n\n
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