Open AccessPreventing and Controlling COVID-19: A Practical-Based Review in Offshore Workplace
Author(s) -
Hendar Sunandar,
Doni Hikmat Ramdhan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kesmas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.146
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2460-0601
pISSN - 1907-7505
DOI - 10.21109/kesmas.v0i0.5226
Subject(s) - personal protective equipment , covid-19 , submarine pipeline , control (management) , business , aeronautics , hierarchy , engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , outbreak , operations management , computer science , medicine , virology , political science , geotechnical engineering , disease , pathology , artificial intelligence , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
An offshore platform is a workplace with complex facilities and limited space due to the complex installed equipment and components. Therefore, the offshore as enclosed area platform is more likely to have a high risk of COVID-19 outbreak. Furthermore, a company must strictly follow health protocols to prevent workers from being exposed to COVID-19 in the offshore workplace. However, workers are often forced to onboard without proper health protocols because of operational needs and production targets. This paper aimed to explore the essence of the steps in preventing and controlling COVID-19 in the offshore workplace and the challenges. The analysis found that the company must take preventive measures against COVID-19 before workers are on board and in the workplace and control it using the hierarchy of control: engineering control, administrative control, and personal protective equipment (PPE).