Awareness of Workplace Environmental Hazards and Health Risks for Workers in The Home Industry of Batik

Abstract

Exposure to physical and chemical environmental hazards in the work process of making batik results in the occurrence of disturbance of the health of workers. This requires awareness of physical danger and good chemistry in place​. Work to prevent the occurrence of risky health in place work. This study aims to analyze individual factors that work with awareness of the related dangerous physical and chemical effects on workers who are batik craftsmen. This is a study with a cross-sectional design on 98 batik workers in Klaten, Central Java. The research instrument used​ was a general questionnaire, which included age, type, gender, level of education, and length of service. Besides That, questionnaire awareness about factor danger physique used questionnaire modified interview​ from the Victorian Trade’s Hall Council, while questionnaire awareness factor chemistry and material symbols chemistry with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). These studies disclose the existence of a connection between type gender (p=0.011) and length of service (p=0.000) with knowledge about danger physique. At the same time, awareness about chemical hazards and related factors​ with type gender (p=0.011) and age (p=0.004) were associated with awareness of dangerous chemistry in workers. Workers’ awareness of physical danger and dangerous chemistry is terrible, so there is a need to give training and education and related monitoring.