Safety Culture in Combating Occupational Safety and Health Problems in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sectors

Small manufacturers often lack the necessary expertise to solve their occupational safety and health problems. A recent study examined the impact of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration upon small manufacturers. The findings of that study are reported here regarding their human factors implications. Recommendations to improve occupational safety and health performance are made.

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Possibilities of conceptualization and operacioanlizaton of the safety culture and safety climate in the international safety management researches

Acta Agraria Debreceniensis ◽

10.34101/actaagrar/33/2859 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 117-126

Author(s):

László Terjék

Keyword(s):

Safety Culture ◽

Occupational Safety ◽

Safety Climate ◽

Safety Management ◽

Occupational Safety And Health ◽

Safety Level ◽

Culture Dimensions ◽

Safety And Health ◽

The Common ◽

The Many

In this paper the author summarized the definitions and operationalisations of the safety culture and safety climate concepts. He analyzed the Hungarian and international safetymanagement scientific literatures. He also analyzed the scientific definitions and summarised the common and different elements. The author emphasizes that the many different scientific safety culture researches had been created good possibilities to find the common surfaces. Based on the international safety culture operationalisation practices the author identified a composition of safety culture dimensions which could be a possible basis for the Hungarian safety culture researches. These dimensions are:???? values (individual and organizational) from this result scale of values,???? attitudes (individual and organizational),???? motivations,???? perceptions,???? social status and estimation of the occupational safety and health,???? position and estimation of the occupational safety and health communication,???? position and estimation of the occupational safety and health tranings,???? measuring of confidence, optimism, fatalism and anomic characteristics,???? good practices and behavior,???? influence and estimation of the work,???? risk perception and safety level perception,???? contentment.with occupational safety and health.

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The structure of the culture of safety of professional activity of future occupational safety and health engineers

KANT ◽

10.24923/2222-243x.2020-36.38 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 200-205

Author(s):

Elviza Abiltarova

Keyword(s):

Safety Culture ◽

Occupational Safety ◽

Occupational Safety And Health ◽

Professional Activity ◽

Health Culture ◽

Culture Of Safety ◽

Professional Activities ◽

Safety And Health ◽

Culture And Health ◽

General Culture

The article touches upon the problem of the formation of a culture of safety in the professional activities of occupational safety and health protection engineers. The author emphasizes the importance of defining the structural and content components of the safety culture. The work substantiates structural components of the safety culture of occupational safety engineers, which include: general culture, labour protection culture, labour culture, and health culture. The author's definition of the following concepts is given: general culture, labour protection culture, labour culture, and health culture.

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Health problems among employees in small enterprises as a result of improper OHS management

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201818301012 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 183 ◽

pp. 01012 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Marta Niciejewska ◽

Dorota Klimecka-Tatar

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Occupational Safety ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Health Problems ◽

Occupational Safety And Health ◽

Small Enterprises ◽

Quality And Safety ◽

Stress Symptoms ◽

Safety And Health ◽

The Impact

Occupational health problems are rarely underestimated both by employers and employees themselves. Lack of awareness about the impact of the environment on the health of the human body results in more frequent accidents, the sources of which are seen in the health problems of employees. Lifestyle, as well as the management of occupational health and safety, affect work quality and safety. It this paper ailments that have a significant impact on the health of the employee, which are the result of improper management of occupational safety and health in small enterprises, have been presented. The obtained results also indicate factors that cause various health problems among employees, with particular emphasis on stress symptoms.

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