THE EFFECT OF WORKING PERIOD, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, AND SMOKING HABITS ON WORK FATIGUE AT PT. ATLANTIC ANUGRAH METALINDO SURABAYA YEAR 2021

Abstract

Fatigue is one of the K3 (Health) problems and Occupational Safety) which is the cause of work
accidents. This study aims to analyze the effect of age, years of service, nutritional status, and smoking
habits on work fatigue on workers in the manufacturing and fabrication area of PT. Atlantic Anugrah
Metalindo.
This type of research is analytic observational with a cross sectional approach. The sample size is 36
workers in the manufacturing and fabrication area of PT. Atlantic Anugrah Metalindo was taken
randomly from a population of 40 workers. Data was collected by measuring work fatigue, height and
weight, interviews, and observation. The data obtained were then processed and presented in tabular
form and then analyzed statistically using the Spearmen statistical test (α=0.05).
The results of this study indicate that workers who have an age of 66.7% aged 26 to 45 years, 47.2%
of work years are more than 10 years, who experience an overweight nutritional status with a severe
level of 38.9%, have a smoking habit of 41.7% moderate smokers, workers with a level of work fatigue
do not experience fatigue as much as 52.8%, there is no influence of age with a p value = 0.101 (>
0.05) working period with a p value = 0.841 (> 0.05), nutritional status with p value = 0.395 (> 0.05),
smoking habit with p value = 0.276 (> 0.05) on work fatigue in the workforce.
It was concluded from this study that there was no effect of age, years of service, nutritional status,
and smoking habits on work fatigue in the workforce. Therefore, companies can pay attention to work
fatigue by providing attention and counseling to workers regarding efforts to control work fatigue