Evaluasi Upaya Pencegahan Gangguan Fungsi Paru Akibat Paparan Ozon pada Operator Air Minum dalam Kemasan PT "X"

Abstract

The effort of preventing lung function disorder caused by the ozone exposure to wards the operator of package drinking-water at PT "X", currently are in the forms of supplying and using of PPE, routine and continuous training and medical check-up which covers initial, periodical and special examinations. The objective of this study is to evaluate the level of success of the efforts of the prevention which has been carried out currently This analytical descriptive study employs survey method with cross sectional approach to 20 workers. The level of ozone in the work environment at the filler of 240 ml, 600 ml, 1500 ml, 5 gallon line 1, and 5 gallon line 2 altogether exceeds the predetermined level value of 0.2 mg/m3

• The result of study reveals that 5 workers (25%) develop lung function disorder but the result of statistic test does not show any significant relationship between the efforts of prevention (PPE p = 0.197, training p = 0.606, medical check-up p = 0.197) and the incidence of lung function disorder. The level of success of the efforts of prevention through using the Personal Protective Equipment is good, and through training and medical check-up is good enough It is recommended that the efforts of prevention should be done in the forms of a routine work environment monitoring and evaluation, maintaining the use PPE while working, to increase and improve training frequency and medical check-up especially the initial and periodical the examination of the worker's lung function