This study tried to identify the effects of ergonomic risk factors for absence from work of fire fighters in Korea. A self-administered questionnaire was prepared for this study. The questionnaire consisted of several parts such as 'general information', 'work-related factors', 'physical & chemical risk factors', 'ergonomic risk factors', and 'absence information'. A total of 7,098 fire fighters participated in this study. The data obtained from the survey was mainly analyzed by logistic regression. A total of 856 out of 7,098 fire fighters experienced absence from work. The risk factors such as gender, age, marital status, education level, total work year, work area. position, job rotation, noise, dust, organic solvent, skin contact with chemical substance, toxic waste, regional vibration, manual material handling, continuous standing posture, awkward working posture were associated with absence from work. Specifically, awkward working posture and manual material handling from ergonomic risk factors were major risk factors for absence from work.

Abstract
 1. 서 론
 2. 연구 대상 및 방법
  2.1 연구 대상 및 조사 기간
  2.2 연구방법
  2.3 통계방법
 3. 결 과
  3.1 일반적 특성에 따른 결근 여부
  3.2 업무 특성에 따른 결근 여부
  3.3 물리․화학적 작업 요인 노출 특성에 따른 결근 여부
  3.4 인간공학적 유해요인 노출 특성에 따른 결근 여부
  3.5 인간공학적 유해요인이 결근에 미치는 영향
 4. 고찰
 5. 결론
 6. References
 저 자 소 개

• 최서연(한서대학교 건강관리학과) | Seo-Yeon Choi Corresponding Author
• 박동현(인하대학교 산업공학과) | Dong-Hyun Park