FAKTOR DETERMINAN KAPASITAS VITAL PARU PADA PEKERJA DI AREA PENGANTONGAN DAN PENYIMPANAN PUPUK UREA (PPU) PT.PUPUK SRIWIDJAJA PALEMBANG
Daftar Isi:
- Dust is one of the results of an industrial process that can have a negative impact on the environment. Urea dust is dust coming from the urea granulation tower (prilling tower) that comes out from the chimney of each factory and has a size of 0.1-1000 millimicrons. The urea personal dust levels of NAB of more than 3 mg / m3 are found in the PPU 3 & 4 area. Personal dust is the level of dust that is inhaled due to individual exposure by attaching a tool on the worker's clothes during normal activities. Small enough dust particles remain in the inhaled air through the nose or mouth then settle in the lungs, causing a decrease in the vital capacity of a person's lung (3,500 ml). The proportion of lung vital capacity is 60.9%. This study aims to determine the personal dust levels with vital lung capacity factors of workers in the area of storage and storage of urea fertilizers 3 & 4. This study used a Cross Sectional design with a sample of workers of 110 people using the chi-square test. Analysis related to vital lung capacity is a factor of dust levels (p-value = 0.043); age (p-value = 0.041); smoking habits (p-value = 0.009); habit of using PPE (p-value = 0.032); duration of exposure (p-value = 0.028); working period (p-value = 0.017) and variables not related to lung vital capacity are factors from disease history and nutritional status. It can be concluded that work environment factors, and individuals have a relationship with vital lung capacity. The suggestion in this study is to make a local exhauster to reduce the level of dust found in the work environment.