The Analysis of Occupational Health and Safety Risks
in Engineering Workshop Using the Hazard
Identification Risk Assessment and Determining
Control (HIRADC) Method
Hasianna Nopina Situmorang
1*
, Hammuda Sitorus
2
, Firdaus
3
, Lisa Melvi Ginting
4
{hasiannanopina@unimed.ac.id
1
}
Department of Mechanical Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Medan,
Medan, Indonesia
Abstract. The potential for work accidents can occur in any work activities. Work
accidents can be caused by unsafe conditions and unsafe actions. Several accidents
occurred related to the works in the engineering workshop such as injuries, scratches, and
being crushed by heavy materials that can occur accidentally caused by a lack of
knowledge of work safety. This study aims to identify the potential for work accidents
that occur in engineering workshop, and the actions taken to prevent them. The research
was conducted at Family Workshop (engineering workshop for repairing vehicles) in
North Sumatra. The steps taken include identifying potential sources of accidents and
efforts to control these risks using Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, and
Determining Control (HIRADC) method. The results showed that the sources of hazards
in the workshop had been identified, the risks of hazards in the workplace had been
assessed, and efforts for control had been determined. There are 14 potential accident
hazards contained in 10 work activities in workshop. Evaluation of the risk rating for
potential hazards is classified as extreme, high, moderate, or low. Risk control is very
effective in reducing the risk of accidents through the implementation of Occupational
Health and Safety (OHS) risk control hierarchy method.
Keywords: HIRADC Method, OHS, Risk Control, Engineering Workshop
1 Introduction
Work in the workplace has potential hazards that can be caused by unsafe actions or
unsafe conditions. These potential hazards need to be identified to obtain preventive measures
with the aim of reducing and eliminating work accidents and minimizing the incidence of
diseases resulting from the work. The strategy that can be done is through providing
knowledge about Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) as a guarantee of safety and health
protection for workers [1]. Data collection on work accident cases that occurred in Indonesia
has been carried out by the Indonesian Employment Social Security Administration (BPJSK),
showing the occurrence of work accident cases increasing from year to year in the 2017-2020
period [2]. A total of 123,040 cases of work accidents in 2017 and 173,415 cases in 2018,
became 182,835 cases in 2019, and 221,740 cases in 2020. Work accident cases increased by
21.28% in 2020 compared to the previous year.
The impact of this work accident is the emergence of work discomfort, production
delays, and financial losses, namely the costs claimed for treatment and post-accident welfare
[3]. An understanding of occupational safety needs to be possessed by workers and employers
ACEIVE 2022, October 20, Medan, Indonesia
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DOI 10.4108/eai.20-10-2022.2328846