The Effect Of Occupational Factors On Symptoms Of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Workers Furniture Industry

Every workplace has various potential hazards that can affect the health of the worker. One of potential hazard in the workplace can cause health problems is caused by dust. This is can cause an Acute respiratory tract infection. One of job that has a risk of getting Acute respiratory tract infection disorders are furniture workers. This is because around 10 to 13% of the wood sawing and sanding will be in the form of wood dust. So that the workers are always exposed to wood dust which can interfere with breathing. The purpose of this study aimed to determine the effect of occupational factors and environmental factor on symptoms of Acute respiratory infections in furniture workers. This research method uses quantitative methods with observational and cross-sectional research using logistic regression test analysis. The population in this study were workers in the industry on Semarang street City of Surabaya with a total of 57 people, with a sample of 37 furniture workers. The results of this study indicate that most workers have symptoms of Acute respiratory tract infection. This happens because it is influenced by occupational factors such as the length of work every day and the work period of workers who are mostly more than 5 years. Therefore, many factors influence the occurrence of Acute respiratory tract infection symptoms in furniture industry workers. So the need to do, prevention such as minimizing exposure with dust to obedient in the use of Personal Protrctive Equipment such as respirators