Work Fatigue among Workers at Several Tofu Industries in Kenteng Village, Bandungan, Semarang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25311/keskom.Vol11.Iss1.1498

Authors

  • Agnes Simanullang Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University
  • Hanifa Denny Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University, Semarang
  • Baju Widjasena Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University

Keywords:

Job factors
Women Workers
Tofu workers
characteristics
workers
fatigue
Work

Abstract

Tofu industries in Kenteng Village, Bandungan, Semarang use manual production methods. The subjective complaint of fatigue potentially occurred. The purpose of this study is to analyze several variables that have an influence on worker fatigue in the tofu industry in Kenteng Village, Bandungan, Semarang. This research utilized a quantitative research method and a cross-sectional approach. All 30 workers from three home industries were recruited as the research subjects. Variables in this study were age, years of service, nutritional status, working hours, and physical workload as the independent variables, and work fatigue as the dependent variable. This study operated a chi-square statistical analysis with an alpha (α) at 0.05. This research showed no association between age (p-value: 0.361; α: 0.05 ) and working hours (p-value: 0.269; α: 0.05) on work fatigue. In addition, there is a significant association between the length of work (p-value: 0.019; α: 0.05), nutritional status (p-value: 0.037; α: 0.05), and physical workload (p-value: 0.037; α: 0.05) on work fatigue. It is recommended to implement the rest period regularly, share responsibilities, apply working hours according to labor law, and take several breaks to exercise body stretching.

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Author Biographies

Agnes Simanullang, Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University

Agnes adalah lulusan S1 K3, FKM Undip Semarang dan memiliki beberapa sertifikat keahlian antara lain, Emergency Response, First Aid dan Ahli K3 Umum

Hanifa Denny, Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University, Semarang

Dr. Denny is an associate professor in Public Health and the Director of Academic, Student, and Alumni Affairs at Diponegoro University. She was the former Dean of the Faculty of Public Health Diponegoro University from 2015 to 2019, the former President of the Indonesian Public Health Union (PERSAKMI) from 2008 to 2017, and an independent consultant in Occupational Health and Safety for WHO, ILO, Ministry of Health Indonesia, and GTZ as well as the member of The National Council of Occupational Safety and Health, Republic of Indonesia. She focused her studies on Public Health, majoring in Environmental and Occupational Health.

 

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Submitted

2023-03-22

Accepted

2025-04-09

Published

2025-04-30

How to Cite

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Simanullang A, Denny H, Widjasena B. Work Fatigue among Workers at Several Tofu Industries in Kenteng Village, Bandungan, Semarang. J Keskom [Internet]. 2025 Apr. 30 [cited 2025 May 18];11(1):91-9. Available from: https://jurnal.htp.ac.id/index.php/keskom/article/view/1498

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