Implementation of Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems During COVID-19 Pandemic on High-Rise Building Construction Projects

Abstract

AbstractIndonesia is one from many countries that is struck by the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Indonesia still needs to recover from economy crisis caused by the pandemic. Indonesia’s evolvement can be seen from their development in their infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Occupational Safety and Health (OHS) Management System is a crucial part of the contractor organization’s management system that is used to implement and develop OHS policies in all of the existing development project. In this research study, it will discuss about the application of OHS management systems in high-rise building projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. The result from the analysis and calculation in this research are compared with the Minister of Public Works Regulation No. 9/2008 regarding the Management System and Work Safety and the Instruction of the Minister of PUPR No. 2/IN/M/2020 concerning about the Protocol to Prevent the Spread of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the implementation of construction services. In its implementation, the OHS Management System is divided into 3 important parts, namely the Implementation and Operation of OHS Activities, OHS Evaluation/Inspection and OHS Management Review. The implementation of OHS Management System during the COVID-19 pandemic in high-rise building was obtained 77.09% (Good Enough).KeywordsCOVID-19Occupational safety and health management systemHigh-rise building projects