Safety culture and issue in the Malaysian manufacturing sector. MATEC Web of Conferences: 8th International Conference on Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 2017 (ICME’17), 135: 00031. ISSN 2261-236X (2017)
Abstract
This paper highlights the Safety culture and issue in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector and emphasis the high occupational accidents due to lack of safety culture and non-compliance of the requirements of Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994. The aim of this study is to review the occupational accidents occurrence in the Malaysia workplace since 2012-2016. Malaysia aimed to reduce the occupational accidents, the results show by DOSH increase that Occupational Noise Induced Hearing Loss 83.7%, occupational musculoskeletal diseases, 4.4% and occupational lung diseases 2.3%. But the as per the record from DOSH that in last 5-Years, the increment in the fatal accidents by Average 26%, Permanent Disability by Average 71% and Non-Permanent Disability by 64 % are investigated only in Manufacturing Industries. The government must show their high interest on such a vulnerable employees to accomplish the above aim. This step will be helpful for planning to reduce the accidents in workplaces and it will also detect the prevention for the future accidents.
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| Keywords: | Safety culture, Manufacturing sector, Occupational accidents |
| Taxonomy: | By Niche > Industrial Disaster > Industrial Accidents By Niche > Industrial Disaster > Industrial Safety |
| Local Content Hub: | Niche > Industrial Disaster |
| Depositing User: | Farleen Azrina Zamberi |
| Date Deposited: | 26 May 2023 09:07 |
| Last Modified: | 26 May 2023 09:14 |
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