The Factors Related to the Usage of Ear Protectors at Weaving Industry Workers

Ear protection hardware for workers is needed with the aim of preventing work accidents. 19% reported hearing loss; Hearing loss rates uniquely increase with age. Among those with hearing loss, 29.9% reported that they were associated with noise-induced hearing loss in the workplace. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between worker's factors (knowledge and attitude) and management factors (training and supervision) with the use of ear protection equipment at weaving industry workers of Bogor. This type of research is descriptive analytic with a cross sectional approach. With a total population of 381 participants. The sampling method in this study was the accidental technique with a sample of 130 participants. Data collection was obtained through the distribution of questionnaires in the form of questionnaires. The data analysis technique used chi square test. The results of the study were that most workers used ear protector at work (87.7%), most workers lacked of knowledge about the usage of ear protector (59.2%), most workers were good at using ear protector (73.1%) , most of the workers answered good training using ear protector at works as much as (63.8%), most of workers using ear protector at due to good supervision as much as (71.5%). The results showed that there was a relationship between knowledge and ear protectors usage (p value = 0.033), there was a relationship between attitude and the usage of ear protectors (p value = 0.002 with OR 5.933), there was a relationship between training and use of ear protectors (p value = 0.026 with OR 3.468), and there was a relationship between supervision and usage of ear protectors (p value = 0.003 with OR 5370).