Abstract:

Workers in the forest products industry, which is an intense sector of labour, are influenced by environmental and physical factors of the work environment. This study aims to determine the effects of physical, mental and environmental factors in the industrial workplace of forest products operating in the Düzce province and the body position on the fatigue levels of workers. To the work objective, 5459 employees in 196 companies, with 10 and more employees registered in the 2019 Düzce Chamber of Commerce and Industry, have created the universe of work. Due to the negatives of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019 and 2020, a 95% confidence level and a 6.75% error rate could reach 203 employees. The survey form developed by researchers was used. Workers’ fatigue levels are determined by the “ fatigue violence scale” developed by Krupp and his friends. According to statistical assessments, 20.1 percent of participants did not experience work-related fatigue, 63.3 percent experienced work-related fatigue and 16.6 percent experienced chronic work-related fatigue. The participants were determined to have problems caused by the excess weight moved during the work and the majority of environmental factors found in the work environment were problems caused by noise, dust and temperature/coldness.

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