DESCRIPTION OF THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR LABORERS IN MANADO HARBOR

Abstract

Background: Occupational Health and Safety is everyone's right, which involves awareness of the importance of applying Occupational Health and Safety which must always be considered, and cultivated among workers. A high level of work safety means that the potential for accidents is very low and the death rate can be kept to a minimum. Objectives: To find out the description of the level of knowledge of each worker according to age and knowledge of the occupational safety and health management system (SMK3) at the port of Manado. Methods: In this study, researchers used observational descriptive research. Results: The knowledge level of SMK3 in loading and unloading workers at Manado port is 28 workers (80.0%) have good knowledge. The most distribution of loading and unloading workers aged> 30 years amounted to 29 workers (68.6%). Conclusions: The researcher concludes that even though it is said to be good in terms of SMK3 knowledge there are still workers who violate the K3 regulations applied by the Manado Harbor of Laborer Saving and Loan Cooperative, which is a human factor or an internal factor of the workers themselves. One of them is not using personal protective equipment, with increasing age, the level of work fatigue will also increase that can be experienced by a worker.