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Lung disease due to work or lung disease that occurs due to work relations is defined as lung disease caused by work or the work environment. Based on the researchers' preliminary observations, workers in the industrial area of the furniture range are at risk of experiencing lung function disorders due to exposure to wood dust, this disease can be caused by dust particles that are inhaled by workers for a long time. The research objective was to determine
the factors associated with respiratory problems in wood mill workers. This type of research is analytic with a cross sectional survey design. The population and sample in this study were workers as many as 37 wood workers, the study was conducted in Beutong District on December 6-22, 2018, Sampling was carried out by total sampling. Univariate and bivariate analyzed using correlation test.
The results showed that there was a significant relationship between length of work (value r = 0.459), years of service (value r = 0.405), use of PPE masks (value r = 0.467), attitude (value r = 0.408), knowledge (value r = 0.460) with respiratory distress. It is concluded that there is a significant relationship between length of work, length of service, use of PPE masks, attitudes
of knowledge and respiratory disorders. It is recommended that the owners of the wood mill work together with the puskesmas in overcoming workers' respiratory disorders in order to obtain counseling and information about preventing respiratory disorders in workers