HUBUNGAN KARAKTERISTIK INDIVIDU DAN SIKAP KERJA DENGAN KELUHAN MUSKULOSKELETAL AKIBAT KERJA PADA PEKERJA BAGIAN FINISHING PT. X

Abstract

Work related musculoskeletal disorders is a disorders on the part of the skeletal muscle is felt by a person starts from very mild to very complaint the pain caused by the work environment and implementation of the work. Musculoskeletal disorders are aggravated by the conditions of employment. Awkward working posture can cause musculoskeletal disorders. Based on the data from PT. X polyclinic in 2011 there were approximately 97 workers state have musculoskeletal disorders. In January 2012 recorded 15 visits, 10 visits in February and 12 visits in March. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship of individual characteristic and working posture wit h work related musculoskeletal disorders for the workers finishing unit PT. X. This is cross sectional study. The population was all production unit workers. The sample of this study are 51 respondents to the cluster random sampling technique. The data was collected using Nordic Body Map questionnaires and observation. Data analysis using statistical tests the association of lambda. The results showed that there is significant association between age (ρ=0,009), sex (ρ=0,000), job tenure (ρ=0,019), habitual smoking (ρ=0,008), body mass index (ρ=0,008), working posture (ρ 0,001) wit h work related musculoskeletal disorders but there is no association between exercise habits (ρ=0,739) and work related musculoskeletal disorders. It is expected that PT. X more attention to the hazards around the workplace and providing training or socialization to workers so that workers are more aware of workplace hazards especially musculoskeletal disorders.