scholarly journals Dilemma of Migrant Workers’ Occupational Safety and Health(OSH) and Workplace Change in the Manufacturing Industry

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-301
Author(s):  
김혜선 ◽  
Chung, Jinjoo
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Workplace Change ◽  
Safety And Health

scholarly journals Making a Case for Informal Participation in Occupational Safety and Health Management

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Anita Asiwome Adzo Baku ◽  
Tee KengKok ◽  
Rozanah Abdul Rahman ◽  
Dahlia Zawawi
Keyword(s):  
Information Transfer ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Employee Participation ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Safety And Health

Abstract-A myriad of research have listed organisational commitment, reduced employee turnover, increased productivity amongst others, as some of the benefits of employee participation in management. Some studies on employee participation, however,indicates that, employees are generally reluctant to use formal avenues created for them to contribute to management. This is especially so because management mostly uses such formal avenues for a top-down information transfer. Also, employees have the fear of being victimised if they raise issuesof concern thatboarders on the use of finance or on something they assume may be offending to management during such meetings.  In Ghana, the high annual accident and injury claims made by employees from the manufacturing industry requires urgent action by manufacturing organisations. Legislature on occupational safety and health (OSH) is scattered, with different oversight agencies, inadequate enforcement,and the absence of laws that require the establishment of a health and safety committee which is standard practice in mostdeveloped jurisdictions.In the light of the weak OSH legal and regulatory framework, coupled with the fact that employees feel reluctant to report their safety predicaments during formal meetings, it is important that management and employees create the necessary environment for employees to participate in safety management. Indeed, studies suggest that the existence of such informal avenues in organisations for employee participation in management decision making will enable open discussions on employee safety issues and therefore lead to the prioritisation of OSH in those organisations. Nevertheless, research indicates that informal participation has received little research attention especially with regards to Ghana. This study makes a case for the use of informal participation in ensuring safety in manufacturing companies in Ghana.

Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Concept Towards Project Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Nurul Ayuni Abdul Aziz ◽  
Rumaizah Mohd Nordin ◽  
Zulhabri Ismail ◽  
Julitta Yunus ◽  
Norfashiha Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Company Reputation ◽  
The Impact

Construction industry is one of the highest incidences after manufacturing industry and also the third biggest contributor to accident cases in Malaysia which making the industry deemed unsafe. The purpose of this research is to identify the causes and effect of construction accident and the impact of occupational safety and health (OSH) concept to project performance. This research is using questionnaire survey method of data collection to 72 respondents from G7 contractors which presenting 75 percent of response rate that involved in the construction of high rise building in Selangor. From the survey, finding shows major factors of construction accident consist of eleven (11) factors that been divided into four (4) main factors (i.e. Human; Worksite; Organization and Management; and External). Moreover, effect of construction accident includes loss ability to work lead to decrease and loss of individual/family income and standard of living, work disruption, delay of work progress, loss of time in project execution, need extra health and safety compliance work, company reputation and image, damages of plant and equipment, property and asset, increase of fine and legal expenses, and loss of productivity. Furthermore, most of the respondents also strongly agree with all statement impact of occupational safety and health (OSH) concept to project performance which include increase workers productivity, reduce rate of construction accident and injuries, increase safety at construction site, improve efficiency, human relations, increase profit, company reputation, business performance, reducing of penalties, insurance premiums and employment costs, quality of product, job satisfaction, morale of the workers, costs saving, and enhancement of project performance. The finding results of this research may contribute in reducing the number of accidents at workplace and assist in designing effective solutions of construction accident. Keywords: Construction accident; Occupational Safety and Health Concept; Project performance

scholarly journals Re-definition of Occupational Safety and Health Performance in Malaysian Manufacturing Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S10) ◽  
pp. 53-60
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Relevance Criteria ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Health Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Methodological Strength

Occupational safety and health (OSH) aspect in organization plays an important role in enhancing workers and job performance. This study aim is to conduct a systematic review of the literature on the definition of OSH performance in order to generalize the concept of OSH in organization. The search strategy targeted several electronic databases and identified more than 1000 potential articles. By focusing on the issues of OSH aspect in organization, few articles were examined (assessed with at least one related OSH aspects, published in Malay and English in peer reviewed literature). At the end, several articles met relevance criteria and were then appraised for methodological strength. The result shows varieties of definition and concept of OSH. The main purpose of implementing OSH at work is to reduce all safety and health problems affecting workers and those that related to workers’ connection with the organization. Therefore, a good implementation of OSH at work is required in order to achieve the organization’s objectives. In conclusion, OSH aspects have respective diversity approaches to enhance workers’ well-being and performance at work

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document