Analysis of Working Period and Working Time to Health Complaints of Fish Smoking Workers Bandarharjo, Kota Semarang, 2019

Abstract

Burning is very dominant process to accruing material pollutants. The smoke produced from burning coconut
shells of fish smoking industry is a problem that can cause health complaints of fish smoking workers, it
can produce pollutants such as CO2, HC, NO2, and particulates. It is necessary to analyze the working
period and time of workers’s health complaints. The purpose of this study is to analyze the working period
and time of health complaints of fish smoking workers. The design is cross sectional, data collected by
interviews using quisionare, analysis until bivariate stage. The results, form 65 total sample, mostly workers
(60 people,92.3%) working > 5 years, mostly workers (61 people, 93.8%) working > 8 hours/day, mostly
workers have a health complaints (47 people, 72.3%), there is no significant relationship between working
period and health complaints (pv 0.611), there is no significant relationship between working time and health
complaints (pv 0.061).