A Survey On Safety Awareness Among Quarry Workers At East Cost Malaysia

Lack of safety awareness among quarry workers caused a number of accidents in quarry industries. The objective of this study is to reveal the awareness of quarry workers towards safety. A survey was distributed randomly among quarry workers at Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan. The survey consist 6 qu...

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Main Authors: Siti Hajar, A. A., Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail, M. R., Abdul Hamid
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description Lack of safety awareness among quarry workers caused a number of accidents in quarry industries. The objective of this study is to reveal the awareness of quarry workers towards safety. A survey was distributed randomly among quarry workers at Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan. The survey consist 6 questions regarding safety at workplace. Results revealed that there is 56.9% respondent agree and totally agree that the health and safety suggestion made was given consideration and used. As many as 79.3% respondent admitted that they obey all the safety rule stated at the workplace and 86.3% respondent said they always focus and give full attention during completing their task. 88% respondents agreed that all accident will be reported to responsible person while 77.6% respondents agree that all personal protective equipment will be used suitable with the task given and 86.2% respondents said they doing their task following the safe operation procedure that provided by the company.
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spelling ump-77172016-12-13T06:12:54Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7717/ A Survey On Safety Awareness Among Quarry Workers At East Cost Malaysia Siti Hajar, A. A. Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail M. R., Abdul Hamid Q Science (General) Lack of safety awareness among quarry workers caused a number of accidents in quarry industries. The objective of this study is to reveal the awareness of quarry workers towards safety. A survey was distributed randomly among quarry workers at Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan. The survey consist 6 questions regarding safety at workplace. Results revealed that there is 56.9% respondent agree and totally agree that the health and safety suggestion made was given consideration and used. As many as 79.3% respondent admitted that they obey all the safety rule stated at the workplace and 86.3% respondent said they always focus and give full attention during completing their task. 88% respondents agreed that all accident will be reported to responsible person while 77.6% respondents agree that all personal protective equipment will be used suitable with the task given and 86.2% respondents said they doing their task following the safe operation procedure that provided by the company. AENSI Publishing 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7717/1/A_Survey_On_Safety_Awareness_Among_Quarry_Workers_At_East_Cost_Malaysia.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7717/4/Survey_On_Safety_Awareness_Among_Quarry_Workers_At_East_Cost_Malaysia1.pdf Siti Hajar, A. A. and Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail and M. R., Abdul Hamid (2014) A Survey On Safety Awareness Among Quarry Workers At East Cost Malaysia. Advances in Environmental Biology, 8 (15). pp. 195-198. ISSN 1995-0756(Print); 1998-1066(Online) . (Published) http://www.aensiweb.com/old/aeb/Special%208%20ICEOH%202014/195-198.pdf
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
Siti Hajar, A. A.
Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail
M. R., Abdul Hamid
A Survey On Safety Awareness Among Quarry Workers At East Cost Malaysia
title A Survey On Safety Awareness Among Quarry Workers At East Cost Malaysia
title_full A Survey On Safety Awareness Among Quarry Workers At East Cost Malaysia
title_fullStr A Survey On Safety Awareness Among Quarry Workers At East Cost Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A Survey On Safety Awareness Among Quarry Workers At East Cost Malaysia
title_short A Survey On Safety Awareness Among Quarry Workers At East Cost Malaysia
title_sort survey on safety awareness among quarry workers at east cost malaysia
topic Q Science (General)
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7717/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7717/1/A_Survey_On_Safety_Awareness_Among_Quarry_Workers_At_East_Cost_Malaysia.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7717/4/Survey_On_Safety_Awareness_Among_Quarry_Workers_At_East_Cost_Malaysia1.pdf