Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Occupational Health Services in Indonesia

Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Occupational Health Services in Indonesia

Occupational Health Services in Indonesia

Occupational Health Services (OHS) in Indonesia was started in 1970. OHS implementations in the workplace vary depending on scale of industry and geographical location. OHS is mandated under two Ministries: Manpower and Health. Although there is an intersection between them, the Ministry of Manpower mostly deals with large-scale industry and the Ministry of Health regulates small-scale industry. OHS implementation is technically regulated and supervised by local authorities at district level. District authorities can manage their own regulation, refer to national regulation and have their own infrastructure for OHS implementation from promotion through inspection and law enforcement. In 2014, there was a reform in the social security system. Since that period, workers have had the same health insurance with other residents and there is no difference between public and private workers. Workers’ insurance for occupational accidents and diseases, deaths, and retirement were re-arranged into three different state-owned companies, for public officers, army and police, and private
workers. Health and workers’ insurance became mandatory for all
workers including who are self-employed and working at small scale industries. However, Indonesia still faces challenges like data recording & statistics, reporting occupational diseases, implementation of OHS, and implementation of health & workers’ insurance prevention program especially in small scale industries and informal sectors. Government should be assisted by other stakeholders such as professional organizations, academia, and workers unions to promote better OHS implementation.

Nuri Purwito Adi

Elsevier Korea LLC

January 2022

Sri Wahyuni

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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022