Aurelia: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat Indonesia E-ISSN: 2964-2493 P-ISSN: 2962-0430 Vol. 2 No. 2 July 2023 Nurhafifa & Teguh Ariebowo – Sekolah Tinggi Teknologi Kedirgantaraan Yogyakarta 1503 Application of Occupational Safety and Health in Cargo Handling by PT. Mulio Citra Angkasa at H. Asan Sampit Airport Nurhafifa 1 Teguh Ariebowo 2 Air Transportation Management Study Program, Sekolah Tinggi Teknologi Kedirgantaraan Yogyakarta, Bantul Regency, Province of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia 1,2 Email: 191109462@students.sttkd.ac.id 1 teguh.arie@sttkd.ac.id 2 Abstract Occupational Health and Safety are all efforts and thoughts made in the context of preventing, overcoming and reducing the occurrence of accidents and their impacts through the steps of identifying, analyzing and controlling hazards by implementing an appropriate hazard control system and implementing legislation concerning occupational safety and health. . The purpose of this study is to find out the implementation of the implementation of Occupational Safety and Health (K3) in cargo handling by PT. Mulio Citra Angkasa (MCA) at H. Asan Sampit airport. The method used in this study is using qualitative research methods where researchers conduct interviews, documentation, and direct observation in data collection. The interviews used were semi-structured interviews and the researchers conducted interviews with managers, supervisors and senior cargo executive staff at PT. Space Imagery Master. Researchers went directly to the field in conducting direct observations to see the activities of the cargo operational unit and observing the implementation of Occupational Safety and Health (K3) when handling cargo. Researchers also conducted documentation in the form of interviews and documentation. The result of this research is the Application of Occupational Safety and Health (K3) in cargo handling by PT. Mulio Citra Angkasa at H. Asan Sampit Airport that there is still a lack of application of K3 in cargo handling. The deficiencies in the implementation were due to the unavailability of K3 experts and there were several violations committed such as negligence in the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by cargo personnel. Keywords: Occupational Health and Safety (K3), Cargo, Airport This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. INTRODUCTION In developments in this globalization era, the use of air transportation services has shown a significant increase. The consideration is mainly in terms of time, where the time taken by air transportation is shorter and it is increasingly competitive with other transportation such as buses and trains, so that people are more interested in using air transportation. This progress has a positive impact on Indonesia at this time, especially transportation services which are developing very rapidly. However, on the other hand, it has a negative impact on humans, especially workers. To be able to build a productive, healthy and quality workforce, good management is needed, especially with regard to Occupational Safety and Health (K3) issues. In Law No. 13 of 2003 concerning "Manpower" article 86, the first paragraph states that every worker or laborer has the right to obtain protection for, occupational safety and health, morals and decency, and treatment in accordance with dignity and values. religious values. In the second paragraph it is stated that in order to protect the safety of workers or laborers in order to realize optimal productivity, work safety and health efforts are carried out. According to the Manpower Act No. 13 of 2003 article 87, every company is required to implement an occupational safety and health management system that is integrated into the company's management system. Suardi, (2016) as quoted in Herlangga, (2021) reveals that good and directed implementation of OSH in an industrial setting will have a good impact, one of which