scholarly journals MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT AND SAFETY TRAINING AS ANTECEDENT OF WORKERS SAFETY BEHAVIOR

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-20
Author(s):  
Zuraida Hassan ◽  
Chandrakantan Subramaniam ◽  
Md. Lazim Mohd. Zain ◽  
Subramaniam Sri Ramalu ◽  
Faridahwati Mohd Shamsudin
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Safety Training ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Management Commitment ◽  
Safety Behaviour

The manufacturing sector in Malaysia is categorized as one of the dangerous work sectors with a high accident record. The use of heavy machinery, unsafe working conditions, and hazardous materials handling is among the causes of many work-related accidents recorded among factory workers. In addition, the lack of safety training and low safety management commitment towards worker safety also contributed to the increasing number in this statistic. The goal of this investigation is to determine the link between management commitment and safety training on safety behaviour among workers. This study involved small and medium factory workers operating in the northern states of peninsular Malaysia. The data for this study was obtained using a questionnaire, while the Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS) application was used to perform the data analysis process. The results of the data analysis show that employers' commitment to safety and safety training has a positive relationship with safety behaviour among study respondents. Suggestions and improvements to the study are presented at the end of this writing.

Safety management practices and safety compliance in small medium enterprises

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandrakantan Subramaniam ◽  
Faridahwati Mohd. Shamsudin ◽  
Md. Lazim Mohd Zin ◽  
Subramaniam Sri Ramalu ◽  
Zuraida Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Safety Training ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Safe Work ◽  
Safety Compliance ◽  
Management Commitment ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of safety participation as a mediator in the relationship between the six facets of safety management practices (i.e. management commitment, safety training, worker’s involvement, safety communication and feedback, safety rules and procedures, and safety promotion policies) and safety compliance. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 74 employees of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia was carried out. Self-reported measures were used to obtain data on workplace safety dimensions and safety behavior. The partial least square structural model analysis was used to ascertain the proposed relationships. Findings The present study found that only three dimensions of safety management practices (management commitment, safety training, and safety rules and procedures) were significantly related to safety compliance. Of these, safety participation mediated the link between management commitment and safety training and safety compliance. Research limitations/implications The small sample size may limit the generalizability of the findings. Second, the correlational nature of the study did not permit causation to be implied. However, despite these limitations, while safety performance can be theorized to trigger the establishment of safety management practices, such theoretical perspective tends to connote reactivity rather than proactivity of the decision-making process. Practical implications The study highlights the role of the voluntary behavior of employees in promoting a safe work environment. Business owners are recommended to provide safety training in which the employees are stressed on their crucial role in safety and use this knowledge to educate and convince their co-workers to work safely. Originality/value Literature indicates the lack of studies on safety research in SMEs. Furthermore, such studies are justified because SMEs are likely to have more risks of occupational accidents and injuries. More importantly, this research highlights the importance of the voluntary behaviors of employees (i.e. safety participation) in promoting a safe work environment. As SMEs tend to have limited resources to implement a comprehensive OSH management system, using the employees as the safety agents at work can be an effective way toward accomplishing safety performance.

scholarly journals Critical Success Factors for Safety Management of High-Rise Building Construction Projects in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yadi Li ◽  
Yan Ning ◽  
Wei Tong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Construction Safety Management

This study aims at identifying the critical success factors (CSFs) for safety management of high-rise building construction projects and exploring interactions among such CSFs. Study data were sourced from semistructured interviews and a questionnaire survey administered in China. The study constructs a third-order CSFs system containing six CSFs: management measures, management organization, technical and management plan, worker safety behavior, safety environment, and worker safety quality. Among these, management organization is found to be the key factor affecting construction safety management performance, while worker safety behavior is a factor with a direct impact. Implications for practice are proposed. This study enriches the existing literature on the CSFs and performance evaluation of construction safety management in high-rise building construction projects. Safety performance of high-rise building construction projects can be effectively enhanced by improving the professional competence of safety management organizations.

scholarly journals Factors that Sustain Health and Safety Management Practices in the Food Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4001
Author(s):  
Hazrat Hassan ◽  
Qianwei Ying ◽  
Habib Ahmad ◽  
Sana Ilyas
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Training ◽  
Safety Communication ◽  
Promotion Policies ◽  
Management Commitment ◽  
Safety Promotion ◽  
Training Worker ◽  
Safety Rules

Due to the significant change in business organizations, scholarly interest has diverted from studying the determinants of financial performance to understanding the environmental activities, sustainability practices, and health and safety management practices. Despite the extensive literature, it is yet to understand either internal or external factors that improve health and safety management practices in SMEs. This research examines the influence of the internal factors—intellectual capital, information technology capabilities (ITC), and entrepreneurial orientation, and the external capabilities—government financial support, institutional pressure, and managerial networking on six health and safety management practices: management commitment, staff training, worker involvement, safety communication and feedback, safety rules and procedures, and safety promotion policies. We researched 410 Pakistani SMEs from the food business industry. The results indicate that intellectual capital significantly improves management commitment, safety communication and feedback, and safety rules and produces; ITC significantly improves management commitment and safety communication and feedback; and entrepreneurial orientation significantly facilitates safety training and worker involvement only. In the external capabilities, government financial support has a significant influence on management commitment, worker involvement, safety rules and policies, and safety promotion policies. Institutional pressure has a significant influence on management commitment, safety training, safety communication, and feedback and safety promotion policies. Managerial networking significantly influences safety training, worker involvement, safety rules and procedures, and safety promotion policies of SMEs. Focusing only on the food industry is the major limitation of this research, this study recommends SMEs to give sufficient attention to their internal and external factors to enhance health and safety management practices. Further implications are discussed.

Effect of Safety Socialization on New-Worker Safety Behavior

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Mullen ◽  
Kevin Kelloway ◽  
Mike Teed
Keyword(s):  
Worker Safety ◽  
Safety Behavior

Real-time Worker Safety Management System Using Deep Learning-based Video Analysis Algorithm

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
So Yeon Jeon ◽  
Jong Hwa Park ◽  
Sang Byung Youn ◽  
Young Soo Kim ◽  
Yong Sung Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Video Analysis ◽  
Management System ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Safety Management System ◽  
Analysis Algorithm

scholarly journals Exploring the Relationship between Safety Climate and Worker Safety Behavior on Building Construction Sites in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3326
Author(s):  
Wei Tong Chen ◽  
Hew Cameron Merrett ◽  
Ying-Hua Huang ◽  
Theresia Avila Bria ◽  
Ying-Hsiu Lin
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Safety Training ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

Construction occupational accidents are often attributed to workers’ having an insufficient perception of how their actions influence safety in the construction site. This research explores the relationship between safety climate (SC) and personnel safety behavior (SB) of construction workers operating on building construction sites in Taiwan. The study discovered a significant positive relationship between SC and SB of Taiwan’s building construction sites, and in turn SC level had a positive impact on SB participation and overall safety perceptions. The higher the SC cognition of Taiwan’s building construction workers, the better the performance of SB was found to be. The dimension of "safety commitment and safety training" had the greatest relationship with SB. Safety training also had a deep impact on the cognition of SB. Therefore, the organizational culture and attitudes to safety coupled with the successful implementation of safety education and training can effectively enhance SC and worker SB on building construction sites in Taiwan, thereby potentially reducing the impacts of the underlying organizational factors behind safety related incidents.

An introduction to the industrial town’s safety management (ITSM) system

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Hossein Ebrahimi ◽  
Seyedeh Melika Kharghani Moghadam
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Delphi Technique ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Safety Information ◽  
Safety Training ◽  
Safety Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Safety Management System ◽  
Industrial Town ◽  
System Objective

BACKGROUND: In industrial towns, the dangers of each industry also poses a threat to other industries due to the proximity of different industries to each other. So there is a need for a safety management system. OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to introduce a management system for managing the safety of industrial towns. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional and qualitative study was conducted in three main phases: (1) Identify the elements of the safety management systems using literature review, (2) Screening and determining useful elements using Delphi technique and (3) Determining the structure of safety management system. RESULTS: Participation of the industries and their compliance with the standards were considered as the system foundation. The networks of safety information of the industries, accident’s database, safety training, contractors, emergency management and management of the changes were placed on the foundation as the system columns. The Industrial Town’s Safety Management (ITSM) system as the system roof was placed on the columns. This structure was placed within a two-line framework including the trade secrets and program audit. CONCLUSIONS: The ITSM system consists of a set of factors that can help manage the safety of the industrial towns. This system will increase the safety level of industrial towns by incorporating some safety principles. However, the safety management of an industrial town is very complex and requires a great deal of efforts.

scholarly journals HSE Management System for Hotwork Operation at High Elevation in Shipbuilding Project

2018 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 02005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Idris Othman ◽  
Mohd Fauzan Helmy Ibrahim ◽  
Nasir Shafiq ◽  
Hisham Mohamad ◽  
Md Salim Kamil
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Liquefied Petroleum Gas ◽  
The People ◽  
Fall From Height ◽  
Class C ◽  
Almost All

Shipyard industry is one of the growing industry in Malaysia. There is still a lot of room for improvement with regards to the safety aspects within the industry. This study presents the finding of a survey on the safety management in shipyard operation of class C and D in Peninsular Malaysia registered with Ministry of Finance Malaysia. Shipyard operation is considered a hazardous job. Most of the cases were due to fall from height, fire and explosion. Similar accidents happened in South Korea, where 8 fatalities and 31 injuries were reported in January to August 2017. The accidents were due to crane collapsed and explosion during welding works inside a hull of a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier. This paper aims to study the Health, Safety and Environment Management System (HSEMS) of shipyard operations in Malaysia particularly in Class C and Class D shipyard. This study was conducted using a survey method following the Glenn D’s equation. The survey was targeted at the people who are involved in the industry including the staffs of clients, consultants and contractors. The findings of this study show that almost all the shipyards of Class C and D have HSEMS in placed but some are incomplete. Accidents still happen in the Malaysian shipyard industry from time to time. The gaps in the HSEMS that lead to the accident are highlighted in this paper. Nearly 10% of Class C and D shipyards do not have clear HSE Policy and this one of possible causes of accidents due to low priority given to HSE matters in this particular Class C and D shipyard.

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