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Gambaran Kejadian Computer Vision Syndrome Dan Faktor Risikonya Pada Mahasiswa Fkm Ui Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19, Rahadian Muhamad Shadik, Baiduri Widanarko

National Journal of Occupational Health and Safety

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many activities that were previously carried out offline have turned into online, including the education sector. This condition increased the use duration of electronic devices with digital screens/VDT, especially among students. It is one of the risk factors for Computer Vision Syndrome. Apart from duration, several risk factors are also associated with Computer Vision Syndrome. The aims of this study are to see an overview of Computer Vision Syndrome incidence and analyze the relationship between Computer Vision Syndrome incidence and its risk factors in regular (S1) and postgraduate (S2) students, FKM UI during the Covid-19 …

Analisis Keluhan Non-Auditory Pada Pekerja Bagian Operasi Yang Terpajan Kebisingan Di Unit 5-7 Perusahaan Pembangkit Listrik Pt X Tahun 2022, Aisyah Raini Azzahra Putri, Mila Tejamaya

National Journal of Occupational Health and Safety

Noise is unwanted sound that comes from objects or equipment from the production process that can cause health problems in the form of hearing loss and non-hearing complaints. Non-auditory effects are symptoms caused by exposure to noise, but not on the hearing organ. This effects that affect health and well- being in a person such as physiological effects, psychological effects, and communication disturbance. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the level of noise exposure, worker characteristics, and worker behavior on non-auditory among workers in the unit 5-7 area of power generation company PT. X on …

Analisis Kasus Kecelakaan Pemboran Pada Industri Migas Di Pt.X Berdasarkan Faktor Manusia Tahun 2022, Siti Khodijah, Mufti Wirawan

National Journal of Occupational Health and Safety

Oil and gas drilling activities have associated high risks. 80% of the causes of drilling accidents are caused by human performance. In 2020, drilling activities at PT. X accounts for 3 out of 8 accidents and the common cause that occurs due to human factors. Unsafe acts are the main cause of drilling accidents in the oil and gas industry. This study discusses the analysis of cases of oil and gas drilling accidents at PT.X from the point of view of human factors. The purpose of this study is to analyze the contributing factors of active and latent failure and …

Analisis Faktor Risiko Kelelahan Kerja Pada Kurir Pt Tiki Jalur Ekakurir (Jne) Di Wilayah Kecamatan Pondok Gede Kota Bekasi Tahun 2022, Dinda Arsyah Febriana, Indri Hapsari Hapsari Susilowati

National Journal of Occupational Health and Safety

This study aims to describe the fatigue risk factors experienced by PT JNE couriers in the Pondok Gede District, Bekasi City in 2022. The study was conducted on 31 couriers operating in the Pondok Gede area and its surroundings in May – June 2022. This study uses a study cross-sectional with quantitative methods. The dependent variable of this study is work fatigue, and the independent variable is work-related risk factors (work shift, work duration, rest time), non-work risk factors (service period, commuting time, and satisfaction with the incentive and reward system), and individual factors (age, nutritional status, sleep quality, sleep …

Assessing The Role Of Distance To Level I Trauma Units On Atv Rollovers, Tractor Rollovers, And Machinery Entanglement Outcomes, Andrew K. Schissel

Capstone Experience: Master of Public Health

All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) rollovers, tractor rollovers, and machinery entanglements cause traumatic injuries to agricultural workers. Response time of first responders combined with travel to trauma units can take a significant amount of time in rural areas, potentially leading to an increased risk of fatal outcomes for those involved in these incidents. The aim of this study is to determine if distance to a level I trauma unit is a factor in the outcomes of these incidents. ATV rollovers, tractor rollovers, and machinery entanglement injuries and fatalities, collected from a 7-state Midwestern region were entered into a GIS system along with …

Occupational Exposures Associated With Thyroid Cancer In The Thyroid Tumor And Cancer Collaborative Registry In The Integrated Cancer Center Repository For Cancer Research, James Buckley

Capstone Experience: Master of Public Health

Thyroid cancer is one of the fastest growing cancers in the United States, with the rate of new cases increasing from 5.2 per 100,000 in 1985 to 13.8 per 100,000 in 2019, with a peak of 14.5 per 100,000 in 2015. Increased thyroid cancer incidence is associated with certain occupations, including healthcare and agriculture. Most existing literature on occupational exposures and thyroid cancer evaluate their association in terms of occupation type and thyroid cancer, rather than specific occupational exposures and thyroid cancer. This study sought to utilize the wide range of occupational exposure data in the Integrated Cancer Center Repository …

Editorial, Al Asyary

Kesmas

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Smallholder Farmers’ Health, Occupational Nutrition, And Sustainable Agriculture, Jen Fuk Liem

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Journal of Indonesia

Smallholder Farmers’ Health, Occupational Nutrition, and Sustainable Agriculture

Brominated Flame Retardants: A Literature Review Of The Toxicity Mechanisms, Clinical Manifestations, And Current Treatments, Yacobus Christian Prasetyo, Eti Nurwening Sholikhah

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Journal of Indonesia

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are organohalogen compounds that can inhibit fire formation and delay its spread in manufacturing materials. BFRs are known to be toxic for the environment and humans. BFRs could persist for years prolonging potential exposure and toxicity to living beings. Indonesia had begun to reduce the use, even though some of toxic BFRs are still illegally circulating. This review aims to describe some aspects of BFRs toxicity including the mechanism, its clinical manifestations, and the current possible treatments. Toxicity after BFRs exposure includes endocrine, neurodevelopmental, and genotoxicity. The toxicity is manifested into some clinical conditions such as …

The Vigilance Screening Tool In The Workplace: Scoping Review, Iwan Sugiarta, Dewi Yunia Fitriani, Muchtaruddin Mansyur

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Journal of Indonesia

VIGILANCE SCREENING TOOLS IN THE WORKPLACE: SCOPING REVIEW

ABSTRACT

Background: Vigilance performance examination is currently used widely in many disciplines, neurophysiology, sleep medicine, psychology to its application to workers whose daily activities require prime vigilance. A more objective inspection of vigilance has not yet become a routine screening examination for workers to detect decreased vigilance as part of a fit-to-work assessment, but only in the form of research / study using a partial sampling technique. The aim is to provide an overview of vigilance screening tools in the workplace, its terminologies and how the process of maintaining quality such …

Examining The Chelating Effectiveness Of Dimercaptosuccinic Acid And Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid Calcium Disodium In Patients With Lead Poisoning : An Evidence-Based Case Report, Heru Alfares, Reza A. Rafsanzani, Muchtaruddin Mansyur

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Journal of Indonesia

Evidence Based Case Report:

Examining the Chelating Effectiveness of Dimercaptosuccinic Acid and Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid Calcium Disodium in Patients with Lead Poisoning

Heru Alfares¹, Reza A. Rafsanzani¹, Muchtaruddin Mansyur²

¹ Occupational Medicine Specialist Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta,

² Dept. of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta,

ABSTRACT

Background: Lead environmental and occupational exposures harm workers’ health, both acute and chronic lead poisoning. Chelation therapy is one of the treatments for lead poisoning using several chelating agents available, including ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA), dimercaptopropanesulfonate (DMPS), and 2,3-dimercaptopropanol …

Correlation Of Plasma Melatonin Concentration And Alertness Level Among Female Nurses In Jakarta Indonesia, Andreas Kresna, Liem Jen Fuk, Indah Suci Widyahening, Dewi Sumaryani Soemarko, Dewi Yunia Fitriani

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Journal of Indonesia

Background

Working in shift especially night shift could alter alertness level, increase fatigue, and working accident. One of the factors that affect the circadian rhythm were melatonin. Melatonin was a hormone that regulate the wake and sleep cycle that have an impact on alertness levels. This study was aimed to find correlation between plasma melatonin and alertness level.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted on 40 female night shift nurses. Individual characteristics were obtained by self-administered questionnaire. Plasma melatonin concentrations and alertness level was collected twice at night time (11 pm – 00 am) and at morning (7 am − …

Occupational Stress Among Academicians Between Two Selected Universities In Malaysia And Indonesia During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study, Nur Husna Rusli, Siti Marwanis Anua, Ajeng Tias Endarti, Wan Siti Hajar Wan Mohd Amin, Nurzafirah Mazlan, Tengku Azmina E Ibrahim

Kesmas

Occupational stress has become a major concern for both employees and employers globally. Stress leads to a loss of interest among workers as well as unproductive and valueless outputs if not managed well. The education sector is one work setting dominated by stress. This comparative cross-sectional study aimed to determine the levels of depression, anxiety, and stress among academicians as well as their work-related stressors and coping strategies between a selected public university in Malaysia and a private university in Indonesia. A total of 82 academicians from universities in Malaysia and 52 from Indonesia were recruited using convenience sampling. Data …

Reaction Time Analysis On Female Workers With A Night Shift Work System At A Textile Factory In Sumedang: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Sang Ketut Suratna, Liem Jen Fuk, Dian Kusumadewi

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Journal of Indonesia

Abstract

Introduction. Shift work is a common work system in textile factories. The shift system affects workers’ diet and nutritional needs. Malnutrition has a high potential in causing fatigue. Thus, additional food recommendations and nutritional education for this population are needed. Linear Programming (LP) can be used to create a Food Based Recommendation (FBR) for textile industry owners who employ female workers with a shift system. Local food ingredients can be used to optimize nutritional content.

Objective. To analyze the effect of additional food recommendations on reaction time in female night shift workers.

Methods. This study analyzed the diet …

Pandemic Response Officers: Integration Between Medical, Public Health, And Higher Education Systems To Expedite Prevention And Response., Anne C Jones, Genevive R Meredith, Donna Leong, Sabine Jamal, Rachel Buckwalter, John D Clarke, Marin Clarkberg, Allan Bishop, Frank Cantone, Claire Espey, Frank Kruppa, Mary George Opperman, Gary A Koretzky

Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine Departmental Research

CONTEXT: Research and policy studies alike have enumerated population and community health benefits of system integration between medical, public health, and social entities. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the necessity of a well-trained and adequately staffed public health and medical workforce in order to process SARS-CoV-2 cases and prevent subsequent transmission. Higher education systems, in particular, represented defined populations of exposure and transmission. Opportunities existed for collaboration and task sharing between institutions of higher education and local public health departments to limit spread and impacts.

PROGRAM: This article describes the Pandemic Response Officer (PRO) program at Cornell University, …

Maternal Occupational Exposure To Selected Organic And Chlorinated Solvents And Delivery Of Small-For-Gestational Age Or Preterm Infants, Kristen W. Van Buren, Carissa M. Rocheleau, I‐Chen Chen, Tania A. Desrosiers, Wayne T. Sanderson, Maria D. Politis, Elizabeth C. Ailes, The National Birth Defects Prevention Study

UK CARES Faculty Publications

Background: Potential reproductive effects of organic solvent exposure during pregnancy remain unclear. We investigated the association between maternal occupational exposure during pregnancy to six chlorinated solvents, three aromatic solvents, and Stoddard solvent, and delivery of preterm infants or those born small‐ for‐gestational age (SGA).

Methods: In this case–control study of SGA and preterm birth (PTB) nested within the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) from 1997 to 2011, we analyzed data from 7504 singleton live births without major birth defects and their mothers. Self‐reported information on jobs held in the periconceptional period was assessed for solvent exposure. Unconditional logistic regression …

Assessment Of Iso Heart Rate Method To Estimate Metabolic Rate, Karl Williams

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Thermal equilibrium is primarily maintained by the body’s ability to dissipate internal heat generated during muscle contraction. A number of methods have been used to quantify this thermal burden such as charts and observation of workplace activities and behavior, however these have varying levels of validity. ISO 8996 defines a more accurate method of metabolic rate estimation that uses heart rate and maximal work capacity (MWC); however this requires the use of laboratory settings and equipment that are rarely available in the field. Equations such as the ACSM metabolic equation for the total energy expenditure of walking, hereafter referred to …

A Study Of Relationship Between Exertional Heat Illness And Heat Stress Levels, Rolando J. Fargas-Martinez

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Introduction: Heat stress is clearly associated exertional heat illnesses (EHI) in workers in a number of studies. With expected increase in extreme thermal changes, an increase understanding the effects of heat stress conditions is necessary. The purpose of this study was to compare heat stress levels in a manufacturing plant to determine whether a relationship exists between heat stress level relative to the occupational exposure limit and exertional heat illness incidents.Methods: OSHA recordable heat illness cases (n=35) were collected over a three year period. Over the same period, hourly ambient Heat Index data was collected. For this manufacturing plant, heat …

Evaluation Of Two Methods To Estimate Wet Bulb Globe Temperature From Heat Index, Stephi Pofanl

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is a common method to evaluate environmental factors that contribute to occupational heat stress. The Heat Index (HI) is readily available as an alternative to exposure methods. They both assess the most important contributors that are air temperature and humidity. WBGT also includes radiant heat and air motion. To account for radiant heat and/or air motion, some investigators have suggested adjustments to HI. The purpose of this study is to explore two methods to estimate the usefulness of WBGT from HI.

WBGT data were collected in a variety of locations that included direct sun …

The Impact Of Sars-Cov-2 On The Consolidated Meatpacking System In The United States, Judith R. Solomon

Anthós

The Sars-Cov-2 virus has had a particularly intense impact on the meatpacking industry in the United States. In this paper I provide a brief introduction to the social, economic, and political realities that lead to mass deaths of meatpacking workers from COVID, and the impact of a consolidated meatpacking system on disease mitigation. These workers are considered expendable due to a lack of power.