Head of Department : Mila Tejamaya, S.Si., MOHS., Ph.D.
Secretary of Department : Dr. Hendra, S.K.M., M.K.K.K.
The International Labor Organization reports that one worker dies every 15 seconds due to occupational accidents or occupational illnesses. Every 15 seconds, 160 occupational accidents occur in the world. In Indonesia, over the past 5 years, cases of occupational accidents have shown an increase to 103,285 cases in 2013 from 96,314 cases in 2009. BPJS Ketenagakerjaan, previously known as PT Jamsostek, noted that in Indonesia, every day no less than 9 people die due to occupational accidents, compared to 2 people in England. Therefore, the high number of occupational accidents urges efforts to prevent occupational accidents or illnesses.
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), part of Public Health Science, is the science and art of managing hazards (anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control) in the workplace which potentially reduce the health and welfare of workers. With a safe and healthy work environment, the company’s productivity will increase and support the sustainability of the company’s business. Moreover, the national and international regulatory demands require companies to implement OHS in the workplace so that the implementation of OHS in the workplace becomes highly crucial.
Therefore, with the high demand for OHS graduates to support the implementation of OHS in the workplace, and developments in science and technology that have an impact on dynamic workplace conditions, Department of OHS develops OHS science which is multidisciplinary in nature into five pillars of science as follows:
The Department of OHS, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia manages two study programs: Bachelor’s and Master’s in Occupational Health and Safety degree programs. The LAM-PTKES accreditation result for the Bachelor’s degree program is Excellent according to LAM-PTKES Decree No. 0534/LAM-PTKes/Akr/Sar/VII/2022. The Master’s degree program also received BAN PT accreditation with the predicate of Excellent, according to LAM-PTKES Decree No. 0863/LAM-PTKes/Akr/Mag/XI/2023.
Phone : +6221-7863474 / 78849033
E-mail : katiga@ui.ac.id
Address : Building C, 1st Floor, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia,
