Basic Causes of Occupational Accidents among Indonesian Migrant Workers in Taiwan

Abstract

Complaints related to work accidents are in the 6th highest position of the many complaints of Indonesian Migrant Workers in Taiwan. So far, the protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers in terms of work safety has focused more on social security for Indonesian Migrant Workers who experience work accidents or death due to work accidents. Efforts to prevent work accidents so that Indonesian Migrant Workers do not experience work accidents or deaths due to work accidents do not yet exist. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the basic causes of work accidents that occur to Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan so that work accident prevention efforts are effective. The purpose of this study was to determine the basic causes (cut set) of work accidents that occur to Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan. Starting with identifying the characteristics of 100 Indonesian migrant workers working in Taiwan, then analyzing cases of work accidents that have been experienced by these migrant workers using a cross-sectional study. The most common cases of work accidents experienced by these migrant workers were analyzed for their basic causes using the Fault Tree Analysis method. The results of the analysis using the FTA method for work accidents in the form of pinched hands obtained 8 cut sets. From the basic causes of work accidents that occur to Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan that have been identified, efforts to prevent work accidents that can be made are that when working, workers should not work while joking or being sleepy, provide appropriate and comfortable PPE, and provide strict sanctions for workers who do not use PPE.