INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION ISSN(print): 2833-4515, ISSN(online): 2833-4531 Volume 03 Issue 02 February 2024 DOI: 10.58806/ijirme.2024.v3i2n15, Impact factor- 5.138 Page No. 240 - 245 IJIRME, Volume 3 Issue 02 February 2024 www.ijirme.com Page 240 Occupational Health and Safety Behavior in the Fisherman Group of Muara Tembulih Village, Ngambur District, Pesisir Barat Winda Trijayanthi Utama 1 , Ratna Dewi Puspita Sari 2 , Sutarto 3 1,3 Medical Education Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lampung, Bandar Lampung, 35145, Indonesia 2 Medical Professional Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lampung, Bandar Lampung, 35145, Indonesia ABSTRACT Background: Occupational health and safety is a right for workers in the formal and informal sectors, as well as for fishermen. Fishermen are very vulnerable to work accidents. This is caused by fishermen's lack of knowledge about occupational health and safety. As many as 80% of marine accidents are caused by human error and other causes are negligence by maritime transportation organizers and related agencies, as well as inadequate marine transportation safety equipment. Based on the background of this problem, this research was carried out to find out work health and safety behavior among fishermen groups in Muara Tembulih Village, Pesisir Barat Regency. Method: This research uses descriptive research with a qualitative approach. The independent variables in this research are fishermen's knowledge, attitudes and beliefs. The dependent variable of this research is the occupational health and safety behavior of fishermen groups. Result: The results of this research are that fishermen define occupational health and safety as traditional knowledge about safety when fishing, based on empirical experience passed down from generation to generation from their ancestors and combining knowledge obtained through government outreach. Fishermen in realizing occupational health and safety behavior with simplicity and knowledge are quite good, in bad weather conditions fishermen prefer not to go to sea due to the high risk. Fishermen are aware of the importance of occupational health and safety for fishermen, therefore fishermen bring personal protective equipment before going to sea as an alternative to bad conditions at sea. Including considering bad weather, fishermen prefer to return to their home villages for safety. Fishermen's actions in realizing occupational safety and health behavior from observations are still simple. KEYWORDS: fishermen, occupational health and safety 1 INTRODUCTION Occupational health and safety is a right for workers in the formal and informal sectors, including fishermen. Fishermen are very vulnerable to work accidents. This is caused by fishermen's lack of knowledge about occupational health and safety. There are many types of fishermen according to the length of time at sea, there are daily, weekly and monthly fishermen. Lack of knowledge and inappropriate attitudes regarding sanitation hygiene when fishing causes many fishermen to experience work accidents (Ratri and Paskarini, 2014). Analysis from the Center for Occupational Occupation Injury (CFOI) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) states that the risk of occupational accidents for fishermen is 20 – 30 times compared to other types of work. The general risk is that almost all of the work equipment in the form of canoes is not equipped with self-rescue equipment, low level of education is also a large risk borne due to lack of knowledge and dismissive attitudes. The International Labor Organization (ILO) shows that every year 1.1 million deaths occur due to work-related illnesses or accidents (Wibisono, 2013). Developing countries such as Southeast Asia still have fishermen who use simple, very limited and inadequate equipment, in contrast to developed countries which use modern equipment. This can influence and support potential hazards that could occur if fishermen work outside of established work health and safety procedures (Kalalo et al, 2016). 2 METHOD This research is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. Qualitative research is a method that emphasizes aspects of deeper understanding of a problem rather than looking at a problem. Apart from that, qualitative research is used to find data in depth and with meaning (Sugiyono, 2017). This research is to analyze occupational health and safety behavior among fish fishermen in Muara Tembulih Village, Ngambur District, Pesisir Barat Regency. This type of qualitative descriptive research uses an ethnographic