HUBUNGAN TEKANAN PANAS DENGAN DENYUT NADI PADA PEKERJA DI PT PERKEBUNAN NUSANTARA IV KEBUN BAH BUTONG TAHUN 2015
ABSTRACT: One of the work
environments which cause the health disorder for workers is extreme heat
exposure. A heat environment cause the additional load for heart in pumping
blood an increases the pulse. PT Perkebunan Nusantara IV Bah Butong Plantation,
is one of plantation businesses and factory in tea processing. In the drying
station, the workers directly exposure by extreme heat work environment from
drying machines. The study was an analytic survey with cross- sectional design.
The population were 28 workers, and all of them were used as the samples, using
total sampling technique. Bivariate analysis with chi square statistic test
used to find out the correlation between heat stress and worker’s pulse. The
measurement of heat stress was conducted by using Questtemp.It were found that
5 workers had heat stress qualify and 23 workers did not. The measurement of
worker's pulse was conducted by using palpation method with stopwatch. It were
found that before and after work, 6workers had normal pulse and 22 workers had
increase pulse. The result of statistic test showed that there was significant
correlation between heat stress and worker's pulse in the workers at PT
Perkebunan Nusantara IV Bah Butong Plantation, in 2015. It is recommended that
the workers drink plain water as frequently as possible in order to return the
lost of body liquid during working. Using the uniform which consist of the
materials that are not produce heat is quite recommended.
Penulis: Malta Indah Aperos,
Lina Tarigan, Mhd. Makmur Sinaga
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd150238
