Abstract
Thousands of small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) employees in Indonesian tin mining companies work in dangerous environments without sufficient safety and health protections. This study’s aim was to investigate the identified factors, such as difficulty in communication among stakeholders (owner, manager, and worker), and workers’ negative attitudes towards and lack of knowledge in the use of personal protective equipment that inhibit the implementation of Participatory Ergonomics in Indonesian tin mining companies. Eighteen participants from five SMEs, encompassing three different roles, i.e. worker, owner and manager, participated in the interview study. The study revealed that the dissemination of occupational safety through a kinship approach and specific safety training were preferred to resolve communication, cultural and knowledge problems. The provision of clear definitions of roles and tasks and the allocation of time and resources were suggested as ways to empower workers and supervisors.
Highlights
This paper aimed to address the research question: What are the specific problems in communication, culture, and knowledge of stakeholders which could affect the implementation of PE in Indonesian tin mining companies? By answering the research question above, this study hopes to elaborate on the barriers to a participatory ergonomics approach and to identify possible solutions to the identified problems in Indonesian tin mining companies
The findings of this study offered new information on specific barriers to the implementation of participatory ergonomics that were identified in the scenario based design (SBD) study
This study found possible solutions to those specific barriers in communication, culture, and knowledge themes
Summary
Tin mining in Indonesia is mostly located in Bangka Belitung islands and produces 90% of Indonesia's tin. This industry is the world's second-largest exporter of. The only state-owned tin mining company, PT Timah (Persero) Tbk, referred to from here as PT. Timah, is the world's largest tin mining company. Timah, has been operating for more than 50 years and has a considerable experience in running tin mining operations, including occupational safety and health (OSH) issues in its company. The company must provide assistance to SMEs that housed the illegal mining worker groups to mine in the mine sites owned by the company. Even though there is no significant difference in the number of fatalities (3 to 5 workers) over the following 10 years, there are still a number of accidents with fatalities
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