Occupational safety and health knowledge is associated with personal protective equipment usage behavior among field workers at PT X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33024/minh.v9i6.3848
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) OSH Knowledge Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) PPE Usage Behavior
Abstract
Background: Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) knowledge may influence workers’ compliance with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use by increasing awareness of workplace hazards and risks. In Lampung Province, 887 occupational accidents, including 13 fatalities, were recorded in 2025. Preliminary observations at PT X also indicated that approximately five workers did not use PPE optimally and consistently. This highlights the need to strengthen PPE compliance to reduce occupational accident risks.
Purpose: To analyze the relationship between Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) knowledge and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) usage behavior among field workers at PT X in 2026.
Method: This quantitative study used a cross-sectional design involving 50 field workers selected through total sampling. Data were collected using validated and reliable questionnaires. Univariate and bivariate analyses were performed using the Chi-Square test.
Results: Most respondents had poor OSH knowledge (32; 64%) and poor PPE usage behavior (27; 54%). A significant relationship was found between OSH knowledge and PPE usage behavior (p = 0.005; OR = 5.720). Workers with good OSH knowledge were 5.720 times more likely to demonstrate good PPE usage behavior than those with poor knowledge.
Conclusion: OSH knowledge was significantly associated with PPE usage behavior among field workers at PT X. Strengthening OSH knowledge through training, education, and supervision may improve PPE compliance and workplace safety.
Downloads
References
Ananda, A., Yuliati, Y., Nurlinda, A., Baharuddin, A., & Hidayat, H. (2023). Hubungan Pengetahuan Dengan Perilaku Tidak Aman Pada Pekerja Di PT. PLN (Persero) UlP Daya. Window of Public Health Journal, 4(1), 146-152.
Budiman, L. A., & Wahyuningsih, A. S. (2023). Faktor yang berhubungan dengan perilaku tidak aman pada pekerja di PT X. Indonesian Journal of Public Health and Nutrition, 3(3).
Haerani, R., & Kurniawan, D. (2023). Hubungan faktor pengetahuan tentang alat pelindung diri (APD) dengan perilaku kepatuhan pengguna alat pelindung diri (APD) pekerja pest control di Kabupaten Tangerang. Jurnal Techlink, 5(2), 38–42.
International Labour Organization. (2023). Nearly 3 million people die of work-related accidents and diseases. International Labour Organization. https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/nearly-3-million-people-die-work-related-accidents-and-diseases.
International Labour Organization. (2024, November 15). Guidance for employers on occupational safety and health. International Labour Organization. https://www.ilo.org/resource/other/guidance-employers-occupational-safety-and-health.
Khoshakhlagh, A. H., Malakoutikhah, M., Park, J., & Dehghani Kodnoueieh, M. (2024). Assessing personal protective equipment usage and its correlation with knowledge, attitudes, performance, and safety culture among workers in small and medium-sized enterprises. BMC Public Health, 24, 1987.
Ministry of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia. (2024). Kasus kecelakaan kerja tahun 2024. Satu Data Indonesia. https://data.go.id/dataset/dataset/kasus-kecelakaan-kerja-tahun-20241.
Miranda, R., Marniati, M., Lutfhi, F., & Fahlevi, M. I. (2025). Hubungan pengetahuan dan sikap dengan kepatuhan penggunaan APD (Alat Pelindung Diri) pada pekerja PLN Kota Fajar Aceh Selatan. Jurnal Kesehatan Tambusai, 6(2), 1733–1742.
Notoatmodjo, S. (2018). Metodologi penelitian kesehatan. Rineka Cipta.
Noviarmi, F. S. I., & Prananya, L. H. (2023). Knowledge and attitudes workers toward compliance use personal protective equipment. The Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 12(3), 391–401.
Nugroho, F. R. I., Nabila, A., Sangadji, N. W., & Handayani, P. (2023). Hubungan Pengetahuan Dengan Perilaku Penggunaan Alat Pelindung Diri (APD) Pada Pekerja Proyek “Mainline 1” PT. Nindya Citra Kharisma Kso Tahun 2023. Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan Dan Gizi, 1(4), 146–155.
Prasetyo, S. A., & Widowati, E. (2024). Pengetahuan dan sikap dengan kepatuhan penggunaan APD pada pekerja instalasi dan teknik. HIGEIA (Journal of Public Health Research and Development), 7(4), 598–609.
Pratama, M. R., Sunaryo, M., Rohmah, M., Mubarok, N., & Sahri, M. (2023). Pengaruh masa kerja dan tingkat pengetahuan dengan ketaatan penggunaan alat pelindung diri (APD) pada pekerja di PT. X. Jurnal Teknik Industri Terintegrasi, 6(4), 1153–1157.
Rahmadani, N., Perdana, S. M., Aswin, B., Ridwan, M., & Rini, W. N. E. (2025). Analisis perilaku tidak aman pada pekerja instalasi Rig PT. Pertamina Hulu Rokan Zona 1 Field Jambi. Jurnal Kesehatan Tambusai, 6(2), 5805–5813.
Saputri, A. J., Fachrin, S. A., & Hardi, I. (2023). Pengetahuan dan sikap K3 meningkatkan kedisiplinan penggunaan APD pekerja PT. Japfa Comfeed Tbk Makassar. Window of Public Health Journal, 4(5), 736–742.
Siahaan, M., Sartika, I., Saputra, R., & Arde, B. O. A. (2023). The correlation between knowledge and compliance with personal protective equipment (PPE) use in construction workers at EMC Alam Sutera Hospital, South Tangerang City. Journal of Health Sciences, 16(3).
Steel, J., Godderis, L., & Luyten, J. (2018). Productivity estimation in economic evaluations of occupational health and safety interventions: A systematic review. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 44(5), 458–474.
Tarwaka, T. (2017). Keselamatan dan kesehatan kerja: Manajemen dan implementasi K3 di tempat kerja (Edisi 2, revisi 1). Harapan Press.
World Health Organization. (2018). Preventing disease through a healthier and safer workspace: Global report. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241513777.
Zairinayati, Z. (2024). Hubungan pengetahuan dan kepatuhan penggunaan APD terhadap kecelakaan kerja di PT. XY. Journal Health Applied Science and Technology, 2(2), 142–149.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 Gita Shafa Ulayya Muhlisin, Nova Mega Rukmana, Nurul Aziza
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
