Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: August | Volume: 12 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 280-289
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220837
Description of Work Accident and Occupational Safety and Health Activities of Paint Manufacturing Industry PTSU, in West Java 2016-2017
Yunita R.M.B Sitompul1, Vidi Posdo A. Simarmata2
1,2Department of Medical Community, Medical Faculty, Universitas Kristen Indonesia, Jakarta
Corresponding Author: Yunita R.M.B Sitompul
ABSTRACT
Occupational Safety and Health aims to protect workers' safety for achieving optimal work productivity. The effort is intended to provide workers with health and safety coverage by minimizing the potential of workplace accidents, hazard control in the workplace, health promotion, treatment, and rehabilitation. The purpose of this research is to obtain the description of illness due to work accidents on workers who work in paint manufacturing industry. The design of this research used a quantitative approach method to obtain the description of health and safety at paint manufacturing industry, in West java. Of 44 Respondents from Paint Manufacturing Industry PTSU, 25% of workers had work accidents while working, and the most occurred work accidents were bruises (6%), other accidents (6%), fall (2%), or torn wound (2%). 45% of respondents had occupational diseases, and the often diseases are respiratory disease (17.9%), other diseases (15.6%), and bone disease (11%).
Key words: OSH, work accident, disease due to work