A.R Mashkoori - PhD, Work Health Research Center and Occupational Health Engineering Department, Health School , QomUniversity of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
S Asadi - MSc, Work Health Research Center and Occupational Health Engineering Department, Health School , QomUniversity of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
A.R Yari - PhD, Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
Z Allahdadi - MSc, Work Health Research Center and Occupational Health Engineering Department, Health School , QomUniversity of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
Z Gharlipour - PhD, Health Education & Promotion Department, Health School, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
A.R Koohpaei - PhD, Work Health Research Center and Occupational Health Engineering Department, Health School , QomUniversity of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran

Aims: Work proper lighting means a safe, healthy and comfort conditions forwork under a lighting system that includes qualitative and quantitativefeatures. This study aimed to evaluate the surface local lighting of works andeye fatigue among research and development staffs of an automotive industry.Instrument & Methods: In this descriptive study in Research andDevelopment Department of an automotive industry in 2015, 126 official staffswere selected randomly. A demographic questionnaire and the Visual FatigueQuestionnaire (Persian Version) were used for data gathering. Hagner EC1 Luxmeterwas used to measure the local lighting. Data were analyzed by SPSS 20software, through descriptive statistics.Findings: The lighting in 382 stations (75.8%) was improper and less thanstandard. The minimum and maximum intensity of light was between 22.4luxin station 2 (inventory department) and 581lux in station 4 (systems andmethods department). The overall intensity in more than 50% units,except the Systems and Methods Department, were less than thestandard (300lux). 40.4% of the participants had severe eye fatigue,28.6% had moderate visual fatigue, 28.6% had low visual fatigue andonly 2.4% had no visual fatigue. The average of visual fatigue was3.50±1.97.Conclusion: The workplace lighting and the eye fatigue of computer users inthe Research and Development Department of the studied automotive industryare not in an acceptable condition.

Eyestrain [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68001248];Lighting [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68008029];Workplace [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68017132]