نبذة مختصرة : Batik is one of the cultural heritages which is experiencing very rapid development, especially in small, medium and even large scale industries. The home batik industry in Pekalongan city can directly cause safety and health problems for its workers caused by the main factors in the production and work environment. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out further analysis of the risk factors due to work and work accidents that can occur in batik workers. This type of research is a descriptive observational study with an analytical approach. The population in this study is UMKM located in the Pekalongan City Region. The results obtained are 70% of batik workers are women, 90% of respondents are > 48 years old, as many as 78 & respondents have a working period of > 10 years. Conditions in the environment and activities in the batik industry can pose a risk to work accidents, this can be caused by a dusty work environment, using hot wax, the process of applying written and stamped batik, using chemicals in the coloring process, removing starch (pelorodan process). use hot water. So it can be concluded that the risk of occupational disease in craftsmen due to work on batik includes respiratory problems, skin irritation, fatigue, while the highest risk of work accidents is burns. Therefore, it is recommended that workers be more aware of the risk of occupational diseases and work accidents as a result of one of the consequences of work and the work environment so that occupational health and safety for individual work can be achieved.
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