Higiene (Workplace Hygiene) under Indonesia's Permenaker 5/2018

Under Article 1 point 2 of Permenaker Number 5 of 2018 on Occupational Safety. Furthermore, Health in the Work Environment, Higiene (Hygiene) is a preventive health effort that focuses its activities on individual health and personal human living habits.

How Permenaker 5/2018 Pairs Hygiene and Sanitation

In Indonesian workplace regulations, hygiene is paired with sanitation (sanitasi). While Article 1 point 2 defines hygiene around the individual worker. Furthermore, Personal habits, Article 1 point 3 defines sanitation as a preventive health effort focused on the human living environment. In short, hygiene addresses the person, whereas sanitation addresses the environment.

Article 1 point 5 also defines the Work Environment (Lingkungan Kerja) as the hygiene aspects in a workplace encompassing physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic. In addition, Psychological factors that affect worker safety and health. Work Environment OSH is implemented through two core activities: measuring and controlling the work environment, and applying hygiene and sanitation (Article 1 point 6. Article 5(1)).

Employer Duties and Mandatory Workplace Facilities

Employers and/or workplace managers must fulfill Work Environment OSH requirements (Article 2), including providing clean and healthy cleaning facilities and hygiene infrastructure (Article 3(c)). These rules apply across every Workplace—any room or field, enclosed or open, mobile or fixed, where workers work or frequently enter for business purposes. Furthermore, Where hazard sources exist (Article 1 point 4).

Applying hygiene and sanitation covers workplace buildings, hygiene facilities, air supply requirements, and housekeeping (tata laksana kerumahtanggaan, Article 5(3)). Hygiene facilities must at minimum include toilets and their fixtures, lockers and changing rooms, waste bins, and cleaning equipment (Article 33(2)). Toilets must be supplied with adequate clean water, handwashing stations, and soap (Article 34(1)-(2)).

Related Terms in Permenaker 5/2018

• Sanitation (Sanitasi): Preventive health efforts focused on the human environment (Article 1 point 3).
• Threshold Limit Value (Nilai Ambang Batas or NAB): The benchmark for controlling physical and chemical factors (Article 3(a). Articles 8(2) and 20(7)).
• Industrial Hygienist (Ahli Higiene Industri): A specialist holding HIMU (Junior), HIMA (Intermediate), or HIU (Senior) industrial hygiene qualifications (Article 1 point 46).

Legal basis: Permenaker Number 5 of 2018 Articles 1 points 2-6 and 46, 2, 3(a) and (c), 5(1) and (3), 8(2), 20(7), 33(2), and 34(1)-(2).