Identification of Hazard and Risk Occupational Health in Lumu-Lumu Island Fisheries

Abstract

Generally, communities in the island have job as fishermen with a variety of interactions (both positive or negative), especially for traditional fishermen who work independently and only rely on simple equipment in fishing activities. Purposes of this study was to determine the risk factors for work-related diseases that existed on fishermen Lumu-lumu Island in Makassar City, the method used is quantitative research with a cross sectional study design with sampling technique was simple random sampling. The results showed that the incidence of occupational diseases in the form of decompression sickness, dermatitis, barotrauma was experienced by many fishermen. Factors of physical hazard, chemistry, biology, ergonomics, dive depth, duration of rise to surface, use of compressors, length of diving, frequency of diving, length of rest, and appearance of foam when up to the surface showed a significant relationship to the incidence of decompression sickness. Dermatitis shows hazards biological, chemical, and personal hygiene (bathing behavior of clean water twice a day and washing hands and feet with running water) after activity is a related risk factor, and for the occurrence of biological, physical, barotrauma hazard chemical, ergonomic, long diving activity and depth of diving are also closely related to the occurrence of barotrauma on Lumu-lumu Island. Self-awareness is needed for fishermen in protecting their health and safety, for local governments it is expected to provide training on standard guidelines for fishermen, especially in divers of a fishing.