Abstract :
Plantation workers is one important component in the production process of crude palm oil
(CPO) since it is they who do the treatment until the harvesting of oil palm. Workers is also
very likely to have accidents that can cause injury, partial or total disability of the body can
even lead to worker dies. Plantation workers are particularly vulnerable in an accident in his
job so there must be assurance given by employers to occupational safety and health. Safety
and occupational health is a program created for workers and employers as an effort to
prevent the onset of occupational injuries and illnesses caused by working relationships
within the work environment by identifying the things that could potentially lead to
occupational accidents and diseases caused by employment and anticipatory action in case of
such. How the protection of occupational safety and health of workers in oil palm plantations
under the legislation. Legal research is done with the objective of identifying and analyzing
the legal protection of occupational safety and health of workers in oil palm plantations.
Work on the plantation is one of the jobs that have a risk of workplace accidents is high
enough. This can happen if employers do not implement the occupational safety and health
systems with good. Safety and health is a duty that must be met by employers, because it is a
workers' rights. It is stipulated in Article 86 paragraph (1) item a of Law Number 13 Year
2003 on employment. Safety and health systems must become one with the enterprise
management system. However, protection in the law was general, so it does not cover all off
the protection of plantation workers as a whole. Based on the description above, it can be
concluded that the protection of workers in the plantations should be given particular setting,
because the accident rate of work is different from other occupations.