Relationship between age and length of working with work fatigue among workers in the motorcycle spare part industry

Abstract

Fatigue is the inability to function optimally because of the use of physical and mental energy beyond existing capacity. Internal factors have a very important role because they are one of the things that cannot be separated from employees. Some things that are included in the internal factors of workers include age and length of work. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between age and length of work with work fatigue among workers in the motorcycle spare parts industry. The type of study used was an observational analysis with a cross-sectional research design. The population in this study were spare part industry workers, with a total of 27 workers who were also in the research sample. The results of this study indicate that the majority of workers are over 40 years old, have a working duration of eight hours, and experience moderate levels of fatigue. There was a weak relationship between age and work fatigue, with a p-value of 0.041 and a correlation coefficient of 0.396. In addition, there was no relationship between the length of work and work fatigue, with a p-value of 0.174 and a correlation coefficient of 0.386. Companies are expected to provide a limit on overtime work, which is three hours in one day, and provide short breaks between jobs. Additionally, workers are expected to make the best use of their rest time and stretch their muscles between jobs.