Effect of Unsafe Actions and Conditions with Work Accidents in the Rotary Section of Plywood Industry Pt.x Jember, Indonesia

Abstract

The current industrial development is getting more advanced and developing every year. However, thesedevelopments have not been matched by awareness in understanding and carrying out work in accordancewith good occupational health and safety regulations so that work accidents still occur in every industrialenvironment, including the plywood industry. The general objective of this study is to analyze thecircumstances that affect the incidence of corporate work accidents in Jember, Indonesia. This researchis a quantitative study, using an analytic observational research design with a cross sectional method. Thepopulation used was all the rotary plywood industry workers of PT. X Jember Regency as many as 339workers, with a sample size of 76 people. The sampling technique used in this study was quota randomsampling. The results showed that there was an influence between unsafe actions on the incidence of workaccidents with the Sig. .042, and there is an influence between unsafe conditions and work accidents withthe Sig. .016. The occurrence of work accidents does not just happen but happens because of somethingwrong either because of the fault of the worker or because of the unsafe conditions of the worker or the workenvironment.