The Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health
Vol. 11 No. 3 (2022): The Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health

The Relationship Between Mental Workload and Sleep Quantity with Work Fatigue among Haul Dump Truck Operators in Coal Mining

Asti Puspita Nurahma (Master of Occupational Health and Safety, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia)
Indriati Paskarini (Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia)
Endang Dwiyanti (Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia)
Sahabat Sutanto (The Center for Development of Occupational Safety and Health, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Nov 2022

Abstract

Introduction: In mining production activities, haul dump trucks are utilized for transportation purposes and are driven by an operator. The haul dump truck operator works in a shift work system consisting of 12 working hours. The workers are required to always control the steering speed, causing potential work fatigue. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between mental workload and sleep quantity with work fatigue among haul dump truck operators. Method: This study was a quantitative research study using a cross-sectional design. The population was 179 haul dump trucks operators, while the sample was 123 respondents determined through simple random sampling. The variables of this study were age, years of service, education level, mental workload, sleep quantity, and work fatigue complaints. The data was tested using the Chi-Square test. The instruments used to obtain the data were the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index and the Work Fatigue Measurement Tool Questionnaire. Result: The haul dump truck operators (54.5%) had a high mental workload, low sleep quantity (61.8%) with less than 7 hours of sleep, and moderate fatigue complaints (44.7%). There was a significant relationship found between age (P-value = 0.018), years of service (P-value = 0.039), and sleep quantity (P-value = 0.001) with work fatigue complaints. The level of education and mental workload had a significance value above 0.05. Conclusion: Sleep quantity has a significant relationship with work fatigue complaints. This can be responded to by intensifying the information on the socialization of fatigue and the importance of maintaining the quality of sleep.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJOSH

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

The Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health is an open access and scientific journal published by the Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, and supported by Indonesian Occupational Safety and Health Association (AHKKI) East Java Region, Indonesian Occupational Health Experts ...