PENGARUH KEBISINGAN TERHADAP KELELAHAN PADA TENAGA KERJA PENGGILINGAN PADI DI KECAMATAN KARANGANYAR

Work environment that does not qualify as exceeding the noise threshold may cause health problems. Problems in this study is whether there noise effect on fatigue in rice milling workers in the district of Karanganyar. This study aimed to determine whether there was an effect of noise on fatigue in the rice mill workers in the district of Karanganyar. This study uses a survey method that uses analytic cross sectional approach. The sampling technique used is sampling the sample becomes saturated so that the object of research is that all members of the population that numbered 30 men. Data collection was conducted using questionnaires to investigate the characteristics of respondents, measuring the noise by using the Sound Level Meter and respondent fatigue was measured by using the Reaction Timer. Processing techniques and data analysis by statistical tests of Independent T-Test using the computer program SPSS version 12.0. Analyses of Independent T-Test, test the effect of noise on fatigue in mind that the Sig. value amounted to 0.00 t where t ≤ 0.01. Test results can be concluded there is significant effect of noise on fatigue in the rice mill workers in the district of Karanganyar. Keywords: Noise, Fatigu