Dominant Factors That Effecting the Working Position Change on Beverage Packing Enployment

Abstract

Work done by standing requires a lot of energy compared to sitting. Because the standing position is an alert attitude peformed by the body both physically and mentally, so that the work activities carried out are faster, stronger and more thorough. Prolonged health problems related to standing position are discomfort of lower extremities and fatigue, swelling of lower extremity, back pain and fatigue throughout the body. The purpose of this study is to determine the dominant factors and the influence of the variables tested on changes in working position and the fatigue level that occurs. The analysis results with the assist of the SmartPLS program show that the dominant factor of each influential variable was work shift variable, the dominant indicator was the time of morning shift packing speed, the workload variable was the heart rate, and the physical work environment variable was air condition. While the variables that most influence the level of fatigue was changes in working positions that have a positive and significant effect.