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Background. The condition of a construction project which full of workers, with their 8 hours of working time and the number of vehicles carrying building materials in and out to the site causing the workers to be susceptible to affected Acute Respiratory Infection Symptom due to exposure to PM10 continuously. Based on this research, the author raised the issue of the association between PM10 dust level concentration with the case of Acute Respiratory Infection symptom in construction project workers in Depok. Methods. This research uses Cross Sectional study by taking samples from 100 respondents. Results. The average PM10 measurement result at 7 points inside the building and outside building is 159,43 g / m3. The average age of the workers in the construction project is 35 years old with the youngest age is 21 years old and the oldest is 65 years old. In general, workers work for 12 hours per day and almost of them have been working in the project for 1 year. The number of workers who have smoking habit in construction project are 65 people (65,7%) and 34 people (34,3%) who don’t have smoking habit. The amount of workers who have symptoms of ARI there are 80 people (80.8%) and 19 people (19.2%) who do not have symptoms of ARI. Conclusions. Based on the results of this study, there should be awareness of the workers to always use Personal Protective Equipment while working in the construction project and there should be attention from the project managers about their workers health and safety especially for construction project in Depok.
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