Penerapan model participatory ergonomics dalam upaya penurunan kecelakaan kerja, penghematan biaya, kenaikan produktivitas, penurunan kehilangan material dan perbaikan lingkungan kerja: Studi kasus di industri manufaktur di Bandung, Jawa Barat

Abstract

Industries have continuously up-dated their technology in order to catch up with the ever competing world. Meanwhile, they also make efforts to enable their employees to use the technology in enhancing the achievement o f the organizational goals and decrease the workplace accident (WA). The objective o f this research generally is to study the effect o f the implementation o f participatory ergonomics in the transfer o f technology in order to achieve o f the organizational goals and decrease the workplace accident (WA) and also its implications in manufacturing industries. Specifically, this research is aimed at characterizing the roles ofparticipatory ergonomics in terms o f the following elements: participation, organization, ergonomics methods and tools, and job design concept. The observed corelation involves, partially and simulateously, the elements o f PE towards those o f WA. The elements o f WA consist o f reduction in the workplace accidents, the savings associated with this reduction in accidents, increase in productivity, reduction in material losses, and improvement o f the industrial relations environment. The methods used in this research cover: (1) the sample collection which involves 50 companies in Bandung; (2) designing a model o f interaction o f the P E ’s four elements with those o f workplace accidents. The research has come up with five classifications (1) High PE and High WA comprising 10 companies; (2) High PE and Medium WA with 18 companies; (3) Medium PE and low WA with 5 companies; (4) medium PE and medium WA with 9 companies and (5) poor PE and medium WA with 36 companies. The results o f this research show that in reducing WA and its implications were attributed to firstly the organization elements, secondly the knowledge and equipment as well as ergonomics tool, thirdly the concept design, and finally the participation.