The Influence of Work Environmental Risk Factors on Fatigue in The Construction Industry: A Review of Literature

Authors

  • pei pei Heng Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • hanizah mohd yusoff Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • rozita hod Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • mohd hasni ja'afar Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Keywords:

Environmental influence , Risk factors , Fatigue, Construction

Abstract

Introduction

The construction workers are performing manual tasks in harsh conditions. Various environmental risk factors could have significant influence on work fatigue.

Methods

This review article discussed the environmental causal factors which involved in work fatigue development in the occupational health perspective, with the aim in enhancing the body of knowledge specifically in the construction industry so that mitigation measures and interventions can be formulated and implemented for fatigue prevention and productivity enhancement.

Results

Data derived from a total of 11 relevant articles identified climatic heat, vibration and elevation change as the major risk factors that associated with work fatigue. The mechanism of the environmental factors’ influences on muscle, mental and visual fatigue were understood, pointedly the underlying physiological alteration. Additionally, appropriate preventive measures in accordance to the OSHA guides including work-break cycles, work management, cool-down arrangements with drinking water were discussed. The limitation of existing OSH requirements on work limits at heat exposure was recognized, including the lack of consideration on personal characteristics therefore might inaccurately estimate the personal heat tolerance time.

Conclusions

The proper understanding of the environmental stressors and its impact on workers production and safety performance may help construction organisations and regulatory body to develop strategies for workers protection and fatigue-related accidents prevention.
Keywords Environmental influence - Risk factors - Fatigue - Construction

Downloads

Published

2023-09-08

How to Cite

Heng, pei pei, mohd yusoff, hanizah, hod, rozita, & ja’afar, mohd hasni. (2023). The Influence of Work Environmental Risk Factors on Fatigue in The Construction Industry: A Review of Literature. International Journal of Public Health Research, 13(2). Retrieved from https://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/article/view/406

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2023): International Journal of Public Health Research

Section

Review Article

License

Copyright (c) 2023 pei pei Heng, hanizah mohd yusoff, rozita hod, mohd hasni ja'afar

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

IJPHR applies the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to articles and other works we publish. If you submit your paper for publication byIJPHR, you agree to have the CC BY license applied to your work. Under this Open Access license, you as the author agree that anyone can reuse your article in whole or part for any purpose, for free, even for commercial purposes. Anyone may copy, distribute, or reuse the content as long as the author and original source are properly cited. This facilitates freedom in re-use and also ensures that IJPHR content can be mined without barriers for the needs of research.