UKOM Sp.Ok case studies
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The UKOM Sp.Ok - Uji Kompetensi Spesialis Okupasi, the Indonesian occupational medicine competency examination - is the national competency assessment for physicians practising, or preparing to practise, occupational medicine in Indonesia. It is built around the competencies an occupational physician needs in Indonesian industry: recognising work-related disease, judging fitness for work, designing medical surveillance, and advising employers on control measures within the legal and ethical framework that governs company health services. The UKOM Sp.Ok case studies are 5 cases and about 4,813 words.
1Two Requests from HR Two Weeks Before the SMK3 Audit
An occupational physician provides services to a Korean-owned electronics plant in Karawang with 2,300 workers on three shifts; a surveillance audit under SMK3 is two weeks away. HR asks for two things.
1,016 words, about 5 min2Toluene on the Cementing Line: Air Sampling, Hippuric Acid and a Pregnant Worker
A shoe-assembly plant in Bogor employs 210 workers; 24 women work the cementing line, spreading toluene-based adhesive in a 9 × 12 m room with no local exhaust ventilation, two ceiling fans and louvred windows. Personal air sampling on two workers gave 118 ppm and 131 ppm as 8-hour TWA; the shift is actually 10 hours, six days a week.
983 words, about 5 min3Needle-Stick in Laundry: An HBsAg-Positive Source, an Unknown HIV Status and a Pregnant Worker
A 41-year-old housekeeping and laundry worker at a private hospital in Jakarta sustains a deep needle-stick while compressing a linen bag; the needle is visibly blood-stained. She reports it five hours later, at the end of her shift.
979 words, about 5 min4A Crane Operator Ten Weeks After Myocardial Infarction Wants an Unrestricted Certificate
A 52-year-old gantry crane operator at a container terminal in Surabaya has worked 24 years for the company. Ten weeks ago he had an anterior STEMI treated with primary PCI and one drug-eluting stent; ejection fraction is 40%, there is no residual angina, and he takes aspirin, ticagrelor, bisoprolol, atorvastatin and ramipril.
927 words, about 5 min5Ammonia Release at 02:15: Triage, Transport and a Disabled Alarm
At 02:15 on a Sunday, a corroded valve on a 30-tonne ammonia refrigeration system at a fish cold-storage plant in Makassar fails. Three night workers are exposed: a forklift driver, a maintenance technician and a security guard.
908 words, about 5 min