Preventive Management for Occupational Diseases in Battery Industry
December 31, 2021  //  DOI: 10.24123/kesdok.V3i1.4678
Febri Endra Budi Setyawan, Amalia Wahyu Natasari, Nesrin Zaharah, Divi Aditya Romadhona Putra, Wafiyah Hasanah + 1 more author

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Abstract

—Occupational disease are important topic since they often occur in a long period of time. The purpose of this article is to find out how to prevent occupational diseases in the battery industry. This research is a systematic review of articles obtained through manual search engines from Google Scholars, Proquest, PubMed, Research Gate and has been published nationally and Internationally in 2015-2020. The results of a systematic review were obtained from 30 scientific articles that were published nationally and Internationally in 2015-2020 related to the battery industry process and related to occupational diseases. The factors contributing are varies from enviromental, biological, ergonomic, and the workers itself. There are several preventive management that can be done according to the analysis of the possible diseases that can be occured. Workers in the battery industry can experience occupational diseases, including: allergic contact dermatitis, bacterial conjunctivitis, noise-induced hearing loss, Low Back Pain and Carpal tunnel syndrome. Some prevention efforts that can be done include: using personal protective equipment, detecting workers who have a history of DKA, maintaining hygiene and cleanliness of the work environment, using furniture that is in accordance with ergonomic standards and not lifting heavy loads, reducing repetitive pressing movements and doing regular exercise.

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