Fitness to work assessment for oil palm fruits harvest workers diagnosed with color blindness using color blind test media based on the color of oil palm fruit

• Published in: Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 84 - 88
• Main Authors: Kramy, Prayogi, Kuswadji, Sudjoko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01-01-2023; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
• Subjects: Brief Communication; Color blindness; Eyes & eyesight; Medical screening; oil palm fruits color; color blind test; Color blindness; fitness to work
• ISSN: 0973-2284; 1998-3670
• DOI: 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_147_22

Color blindness or color vision deficiency (CVD) is a disease that makes recognizing colors difficult or impossible. A person with color blindness may find it challenging to obtain employment, particularly in positions that need the ability to distinguish or see colors accurately. As the world's largest producer of palm oil, Indonesia employs a vast number of people in this industry. To discern between ripe and unripe oil palm fruit, harvesting jobs for oil palms is one of the occupations that require excellent color recognition skills. In the lack of a practical test method to determine the eligibility of a color blind oil palm fruit harvester, a simple yet effective test that can be modified for each enterprise is required.