The Effect of Knowledge, Characteristics, Unsafe Action and Unsafe Conditions on Workplace Accidents In PT Suzuki Indomobil Bekasi - Indonesia

Abstract

Workplace accidents are unexpected incidents and cause losses that are the result of a series of incidents

that involving causal factors, immediate causes which closely related to accidents, indirect causes, and

basic causes. Based on work accident data of PT. Suzuki Indomobil Motor Plant II-4W Tambun, Bekasi,

West Java, from 2011 to 2015 there were 11 cases of accidents in Section Welding.

This is a descriptive cross sectional study design that aims to determine the effect of knowledge, the

characteristics of workers, unsafe actions and unsafe conditions with occupational accidents. The variables

studied were knowledge, the characteristics of workers that the indicator consists of age, working period,

unsafe action that consists of skill-base error, decision error, and routine violation, unsafe conditions that

consists of the conditions of personal protective equipment, lighting, and noise, and workplace accidents. Data

were analyzed by univariate and bivariate by using chi-square.

The results showed that workers injured at work in the past year as many as 10 workers (11.9%). From the

results of statistical tests, the variables that have an impact is unsafe condition occupational accidents (p

value = 0.030).

Based on research, the advices are that company needs to conduct training about occupational health and

safety so that workers more aware of the potential dangers around their job, the active role from supervisor or

inspector such a warning the workers when they work unsafely, increasing the quantity of personal protective

equipment, do the periodically measurement of lighting system, and do the deep accident investigation.