The Attitude of Construction Workers toward the Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)

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L. Widaningsih, I. Susanti, T. Chandra

2018 IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 306 Issue 1 Conference paper Cited by 3 SDG 16 Quartile

Abstract

Construction industry refers to one of the industries dealing with high accident rate. Besides its outdoor workplace involving many workers who usually work manually, the workers' work culture and less awareness of occupational health and safety (OHS) are attributed to the high accident rate. This study explores some construction workers who are involved in some construction projects in big cities such as Bandung and Jakarta. The questionnaire-given to the construction workers focusing on stone construction, wood construction, and finishing session-reveals that the construction workers knowledge and understanding of nine Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) aspects reach above 50%. However, does not appear to reflect their knowledge and understanding of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). The results of Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and an in-depth interview show that the fallacious implementation of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is attributed to their traditional "work culture". © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Department of Architecture Engineering Education, Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia

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