A review of fit to work assessment program on the work performance of heavy equipment operators during the pandemic covid-19 at Indonesia

Abstract

Introduction: Fit-to-work assessment is one of the health examination efforts to assess the physical function and occupational health of workers before starting work. This fit-to-work assessment is very important during the current pandemic because the workplace is a place that is at risk of transmitting the COVID-19 virus, especially a workplace that continues to operate during the pandemic. Thus, this study aims to analyze the influence of fit-to-work assessment on the work performance of Heavy Equipment Operators at a port service terminal in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The type of research used descriptive analytics with the cross-sectional study. The sample was collected with a simple random sampling technique. The population in this study is heavy equipment operators in one of the sub-holding of PT. Pelindo Terminal Petikemas Surabaya- Indonesia with a sample of 54 operators who can represent each work shift. Each participant was given a questionnaire and needed to fulfill it. The data will be analyzed using SPSS 25. The data analyzed was descriptive only. Results: According to the study of the characteristics, mostly the ages were 31-40 (46.30%), with a high prevalence of high school (76%). The work shift schedule was classified into three parts. Shift two from 3.30 pm until 11.40. The length of work was also more than five years or greater than others (59.25%), with the work performance from 54 respondents, we found that they had a high work performance (72%), and all of the respondents were mostly in a reasonable condition (94.04%). Conclusion: Fit-to-work assessment is carried out before work to determine whether the worker is fit or unfit to work according to the level of health required. The work performance we found that mostly they have a high work performance. It was also in line with the fit-to-work assessment results that most respondents were in a reasonable condition.