Analisis Pemeriksaan Indeks Suhu Bola Basah Lingkungan dengan Keluhan Iklim Panas pada Pekerja di Proyek Tol Tebing Tinggi Tahun 2024

Abstract

The working climate is a combination of air temperature, air humidity, air flow speed and radiant heat. Based on Peraturan Menteri Ketenagakerjaan Nomor 5 Tahun 2018, a comfortable room temperature for workers ranges between 23°C - 26°C with humidity 40% - 60%. The work climate can cause health problems for workers if they are exposed to extreme hot or cold conditions with levels exceeding the threshold values determined by health standards. This study aims to analyze the examination of the environmental wet bulb globe temperature index with complaints of hot climate among workers on the Tebing Tinggi turnpike project in 2024. Health effects arising from heat stress are divided into acute effects and chronic effects. Health effects due to heat exposure on a person can include disruption of the function of certain organs and heat-related illness or heat-related disorders, such as cramps, fatigue, fainting, stroke, and lack of replacement of body fluids/dehydration. This research is a quantitative study with a retrospective cross sectional research design. Data analysis used the Spearman correlation test. The data used is secondary data obtained from the company PT. X. The sample size is 180 respondents. The Wet Bulb Temperature Index level measured every day for a year has results that exceed the threshold value in a working climate, namely 27.5°C. It is known that the average value of the Wet Bulb Temperature Index on the project each month is ≥ 30°C. Based on the results of research on 180 respondents, it was found that dehydration health complaints were the largest with the number 58 (32.2%), 52 (28.9%) in heat exhaustion (excessive sweating), 43 (23.9%) in heat rash, and the least in heat stress amounting to 27 (15%). The results of the bivariate test show that there is an influence of the variables length of work and hot work climate on health complaints. The suggestion in this research is to ensure that project workers do not become dehydrated by recommending that workers, especially those in hot environments with moderate to heavy activities, should consume 1 glass of water every 15 minutes to avoid dehydration. Relevant parties can also add drinking water facilities for project workers