The contribution of human error related to occupational accident among traditional divers

• Kresna Febriyanto ^[1] ; Ainur Rachman ^[1] ; Ferry Fadzlul Rahman ^[1]
  1. [1] Department of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur, Samarinda, Indonesia
• Localización: Gaceta sanitaria: Órgano oficial de la Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria, ISSN 0213-9111, Vol. 35, Nº. Extra 1, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: The 1rst International Conference on Safety and Public Health), págs. 27-29
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2020.12.008
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  • Objective The research aims to identify human error committed by traditional divers while fishing, and to determine the relationship between human error as a cause of occupational accidents at sea.

    Method A cross-sectional study with total of 186 traditional divers participated. The data was collected by questionnaires, and analyzing with chi-square test (p-value=0.05).

    Results More than 83% of respondents had experienced occupational accident and behave human error while diving (81%). Type of human error such as rush of work, never attend safety training and does not have diving certificate, dives more than 30min, continues to work even tired, dives more than once a day, and continues to dive despite bad weather. The types of occupational accidents were slips, scratches, shipwrecks, hit by rocks, and suffered open wounds. The statistical test p value=0.000 (<0.05) and OR=44.883.

    Conclusions There is a relationship between human errors and occupational accident.