Correlation Between Knowledge, Attitude, and Comfort with Personal Protective Equipment Usage in Construction Workers at a Construction Company in Bandung 2017

Nuranisa Fauziah Hermayati, Budiman Budiman, Raden Ganang Ibnusantosa

Abstract


In an industrial activity, exposures and risks that exist in the workplace cannot be avoided. Workers who entering a workplace must maintain safety and health by using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). This purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitude, and comfort with PPE usage on construction workers in a construction company in Bandung. This was an observational analytic study with cross sectional approach. Research subjects taken in total sampling and obtained as many as 57 respondents. Data were collected by using questionnaire about knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and PPE, attitude, and comfort in the use of PPE. This research was conducted at the construction company's production site from March to July 2017. The data were analyzed by using Chi square test. The result of the research shows that there was a correlation between knowledge with the use of PPE (p = 0,042), there was a correlation between attitude with PPE usage (p = <0,001), and there was no relationship between comfort with PPE usage (p = 0,329). Based on this research, obtained the conclusion that there was relationship between knowledge, attitude, and there was no relationship between comfort with PPE usage.


Keywords


attitude, knowledge, personal protective equipment (PPE)

References


Budiono AMS, penyunting. Hiperkes dan KK. Semarang: Badan Penerbit Universitas Diponegoro Semarang; 2013.

Construction Safety Council. Health Hazards in Construction. Construction Safety Council. 2012; 255.

Republik Indonesia. 1999. Undang-Undang No. 1 Tahun 1970 tentang Keselamatan Kerja. Lembaran Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 1999, No. 1. Sekretariat Negara. Jakarta.

Kemennakertrans. Peraturan Menteri Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi Republik Indonesia. Peratur Menteri. 2010;1–69.

Wirahadikusumah RD. Tantangan Masalah Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja pada Proyek Konstruksi di Indonesia; 2006.

Mersha H, Mereta ST, Dube L. Prevalence of Occupational Injuries and Associated Factors Among Construction Workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. J of Public Health and Epidemiology. 2017;9(January):1–8.

Muema LM. Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment Utilization Among Construction Workess in Mombasa County, Kenya. Jomo Kenyata University of Agriculture; 2016.

Budiyanto IA. Pengetahuan dan Sikap Pekerja dalam Penggunaan Alat Pelindung Diri pada Industri Informal Pengelasan di Desa Singajaya Indramayu. Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Wiralodra. 2015; 1: 19–24.

Kusuma RY. Hubungan Pengetahuan, Sikap, dan Kenyamanan dengan Penggunaan Alat Pelindung Wajah pada Pekerja Las Listrik Kawasan Simongan Semarang. Semarang: Universitas Negeri Semarang; 2013.

Putra MUK. Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan dan Sikap dengan Perilaku Penggunaan Alat Pelindung Diri pada Mahasiswa Profesi Fakultas Ilmu Keperawatan Universitas Indonesia. Depok: Universitas Indonesia; 2012.

Repi AA, Josephus J, Rattu AJM. Hubungan Antara Pengetahuan dan Sikap dengan Tindakan Penggunaan Alat Pelindung Diri pada Tenaga Kerja di PT Tropica Cocoprima Desa Lelema Kecamatan Tumpaan Kabupaten Minahasa Selatan. Manado: Universitas Sam Ratulangi; 2015.

Notoatmodjo S. Ilmu Perilaku Kesehatan. Jakarta: Rineka Cipta; 2014.

Notoatmodjo S. Metodologi Penelitian Kesehatan. Jakarta: Rineka Cipta; 2010.

Riyanto B dan. Kapita Selekta Kuesioner Pengetahuan dan Sikap dalam Penelitian Kesehatan. Jakarta: Salemba Medika; 2013.

Noviandry I. Faktor-faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Perilaku Pekerja dalam Penggunaan Alat Pelindung Diri (APD) pada Industri Pengelasan Informal di Kelurahan Gondrgong, Kecamatan Cipondoh, Kota Tangerang Tahun 2013. Jakarta: Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah; 2013.

Shohib MN, Yuantari MGC, Suwandi M. Hubungan Antara Pengetahuan dan Sikap dengan Praktik Pemakaian Alat Pelindung Diri (APD) pada Petani Pengguna Pestisida di Desa Curut Kec. Penawangan Kab. Grobogan Tahun 2013. Semarang: Universitas Dian Nuswantoro; 2013.

Azwar S. Sikap Manusia Teori dan Pengukurannya. Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar; 2016.

Arifin AB, Susanto A. Faktor-faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Kepatuhan Pekerja dalam Pemakaian Alat Pelindung Diri (APD) di Bagian Coal Yard PT X Unit 3 dan 4 Jepara Tahun 2012. Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat. 2013; 2: 1–6.

Respati T, Ibnusantosa G, Rachmawati M. Pengetahuan Mengenai Bisinosis dan Pemakaian Masker. GMHC Journal of Medicine and Health. 2013 Feb; 1:3−8.




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29313/kedokteran.v0i0.8334

Flag Counter    Â