HUMAN FACTORS AND WORK FACTORS RELATED WITH THE CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS ON KEMPLANG WORKERS (HOME INDUSTRY) IN THE VILLAGE TEBING GERINTING YEAR 2011

Abstract

Background : Informal workers are "underserved working population" and not get the health care work as expected, while about 80% of workers are informal workers. The problem occurs in one worker was accident. Work accident an average of 6000 people die every day, the equivalent of one person every 15 seconds, or 2.2 million people a year. South Sumatra in the month of January-September 2008 to 4 cases a day, is fairly high for a region which has about 5481 companies. The high incidence of accidents caused by human factors and occupational factors

Methods : This study is a quantitative research with cross sectional approach. Independent and dependent variables assessed simultaneously at one time, so no follow up. Based on calculations of the sample, the sample size was 38 respondents.

Results : The study found that there was no significant relationship between age with the incidence of accidents, no significant relationship between the sexes in the incidence of accidents, there was no significant relationship between age with the incidence of accidents, no significant relationship between duration of employment with the occurrence of accidents, there was no significant relationship between the roasting process, and no significant relationship between work shifts with the occurrence of accidents.

Conclusion : still high number of accidents, to the holding of training and health education work. Kemplang advice for managers should be more concerned about the issues that will be caused by work, worker, or the environment. The health efforts program centers performed optimally, to minimize the Genesis crash can be a training or counseling, health education work.

Keywords : human factors, employment factors, occupational accidents, home industry