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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2017.22.06.149

Impact of Korean Workers' Experience of Exposure to the Physical Work Factors on Absence  

Choi, Seo-Yeon (Dept. of Rehabilitation Health Management, Songwon University)
Lee, Seong-Jin (Dept. of Rehabilitation Health Management, Songwon University)
Abstract
In this paper, we propose to enhance a Physical working conditions to decrease absence from work. we demonstrated the correlation of worker's absence with various environmental factors in workplace by surveying 6,962 workers. As result, first, concerning exposure to physical work factors, most of them complained of vibration, and concerning exposure to improper working posture, most of them complained of repetitive arm and hand motions. Second, the absence experience had correlations with age, monthly income, smoking, number of employees, long term working, and shift work, and of the physical factors, hand vibration, noise, high temperature, low temperature and improper working posture had correlations with physical pain posture, movement of people and carrying heavy materials. Third, experience of exposure to hand vibration, noise and low temperature of the physical factors had impact on absence, and of the improper working posture, physical pain posture and carrying heavy stuff had impacts on absence. Through this study, it was found that of the work factors of Korean workers, physical factors and improper working posture had impacts on absence. The results of this study confirmed that physical factors and inappropriate working posture among work factors influenced the absenteeism. Therefore, it is required to improve the work environment regarding physical risk factors and prepare a systematic management plan.
Keywords
Work condition survey; Absence; Physical work factors; Improper working posture;
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