Definition of Occupational Safety and Health

DEFINITION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH A. DEFINITION Every company is required to implement occupational safety and health (K3) in its business activities. K3 provides protection for the health and safety of workers, namely by preventing accidents and illnesses due to work. Occupational Safety and Health according to WHO is an effort to maintain and also improve the physical health of our bodies, improve the mental health of workers and also improve the social health of every worker. The definition of Occupational Safety and Health or commonly referred to as K3 can be divided into 3 versions, namely: a. Definition of Occupational Safety and Health according to Philosophy. K3 or Occupational Safety and Health is a thought to ensure the integrity or health of the physical and spiritual workers and all people or citizens in every country, especially Indonesia. b. Definition of Occupational Safety and Health according to Scientists. K3 or Occupational Safety and Health is everything in science and its application to prevent an incident such as an accident, illness that occurs due to an incident in the workplace, fire, environmental pollution and so on that concerns incidents in the workplace. c. Definition of Occupational Safety and Health according to OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational Safety and Health or K3 is a condition and factor that impacts the safety and health of workers and other people involved or around the work environment. Occupational Safety is a science that studies methods that can ensure that workers are free from accidents when they are doing a project or job. The characteristics of Occupational Safety have the potential to cause disruption or disability during the process and damage to equipment. If occupational health means or means not only being free from accidents or illnesses, but healthy here has the meaning of healthy seen physically, mentally and also socially healthy. Occupational Health is a part of K3 that aims to ensure that someone is always safe, healthy and has strong competitiveness and thus, work can run smoothly and there are no accidents that occur while doing work or sick workers that make them unproductive. In general, there are three factors that drive the importance of implementing K3 in a company, namel: • Humanitarian Reasons Companies do various ways to prevent work accidents and ensure employee safety on the basis of humanity. This is to reduce pain or injury caused by work, whether suffered by employees or affecting their families. • Comply with Legislation The state establishes various legal umbrellas that cover the implementation of occupational safety and health in business activities, both in laws, government regulations, ministerial regulations, ministerial decisions, ministerial instructions, and circulars. Companies that do not comply with these regulations will be subject to sanctions. • Economic reasons Work accidents will have an impact on significant expenses by the company. Therefore, companies need to practice K3 to prevent accidents from occurring in their business activities so as to avoid large expenses or even losses. B. Objectives of Occupational Safety and Health The objectives of K3 as quoted from the book on Company Human Resource Management are as follows: • So that every employee is guaranteed occupational safety and health both physically, socially, and psychologically. • So that every equipment and work equipment is used as well as possible selectively. • So that all production results are maintained for safety. • So that there is a guarantee for the maintenance and improvement of employee nutritional health. • So that enthusiasm, work harmony, and work participation increase • To avoid health problems caused by the environment or working conditions. • So that every employee feels safe and protected at work.