Ministry Of Manpower Asks Cultural Initiation Company K3

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) continues to support activities that can provide protection for workers or laborers. For this reason, in the future, the Ministry of Manpower will ask micro and small companies that are prone to accidents to initiate the implementation of K3.

Wamenaker Afriansyah Noor said that for large companies, the implementation of K3 has no doubt about their awareness and ability.

"In the future, please also initiate and continue to improve the implementation of K3 in micro and small companies, which are prone to accidents," he said in an official statement, Thursday, September 3.

According to Afriansyah, K3 is one of the issues that is able to bridge both the interests of workers or laborers and business continuity and the key to increasing productivity.

For the Ministry of Manpower, he continued, strengthening K3 culture is a mindset that will continue to be developed. K3 is one of the main investments for companies and workers.

Furthermore, he said, K3 will provide welfare for workers and will help increase company productivity

"I really appreciate today's event in order to motivate the company about K3, so that those who succeed will be rewarded. Meanwhile, those who violate can certainly be prosecuted," he said.

Based on the BPJS Employment Annual Report for the last 3 years, data on the number of work accidents including work-induced illness or PAK is known to continue to increase.

In 2021 the number of work accidents is 234,371 cases and in 2022 the number of work accidents is 298,137 cases. Meanwhile, the latest until October 2023, the number of work accidents was recorded at 370,747 cases.

Therefore, Afriansyah hopes that all people will understand more about starting K3 culture immediately with simple, easy and cheap steps.

"For example, cleaning the workplace once a day regularly will contribute to the decrease in the number of workers or laborers who are sick due to exposure to dust, falling due to slippery floors, and others," he said.