| dc.description.abstract | Physical work fatigue is one of the things that pesticide spraying workers often
complain about when doing work or after doing their job, namely spraying pesticides.
The purpose of this study was to describe the physical work fatigue of pesticide
spraying workers at PTPN IV Balimbingan Gardens, Simalungun Regency in 2022.
This research is a survey research using a descriptive method to describe physical
work fatigue among pesticide spraying workers. The instrument used in this study
was the Nordic Body Map questionnaire. Measurements are taken in three times,
namely, before doing work, during work breaks and after doing work. The population
in this study consisted of 45 workers spraying pesticides. The samples used were only
15 spray workers in Afdeiling I and the nursery. This is due to limited coverage and
permits granted by plantation divisions. Based on measurements of 15 workers, it
was found that there was an increase in complaints of physical fatigue felt by workers
when workers had done their work for more than three hours and after workers had
done their work based on pain in the upper body which includes the shoulders and
back and in lower body which includes, waist, knees, calves and feet. The results of
this study found an increase in complaints of physical work fatigue among all
pesticide spraying workers and 3 of them found an increase in the scale of complaints
from slightly ill to sick by 2 workers and an increase in the scale from sick to very
sick by 1 worker. Physical work fatigue that occurs in pesticide spraying workers is
something that arises due to excessive contraction of the muscles. Excessive
contractions in these muscles are caused by many factors, including inappropriate
workloads, monotonous work positions and attitudes and factors originating from
individuals such as age. Fatigue from physical work that occurs is exacerbated by the
hot working environment and direct contact with pesticides. This research is expected
to help the company, in this case PTPN IV Kebun Balimbingan, to be able to control
and prevent physical work fatigue that occurs in pesticide spraying workers by
improving workload and applying stretching exercises during breaks. | en_US |
