Conformity to occupational safety and health regulations in Malaysian small and medium enterprises

Regulation on occupational safety and health in Malaysia had evolved from the prescriptive factory and machinery act to a self-regulated occupational safety and health act. However, from the authors’ observation the high standards of occupational safety and health culture that surpass the legal requ...

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Main Authors:	Baba, M. Deros, Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail, Jaharah, A. Ghani, Mohd Yusri, Mohd Yusof
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Science Publications 2014
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling	ump-254192020-01-30T07:53:34Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25419/ Conformity to occupational safety and health regulations in Malaysian small and medium enterprises Baba, M. Deros Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail Jaharah, A. Ghani Mohd Yusri, Mohd Yusof TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Regulation on occupational safety and health in Malaysia had evolved from the prescriptive factory and machinery act to a self-regulated occupational safety and health act. However, from the authors’ observation the high standards of occupational safety and health culture that surpass the legal requirement were not widely practiced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The two main objectives of this study are: First, first, to identify and determine the level of conformity and second, to investigate the reasons of nonconformity to occupational safety and health act regulation in SMEs involved the chemical industry sub-sectors. The survey questionnaire was distributed to 150 SMEs in chemical industry sub-sectors. Forty one of the survey questionnaires were completed and returned, giving a response rate of 27.3% for the survey. Survey data were analyzed statistically using the SPSS software. The survey results revealed that an overwhelming majority (92.7%) of the respondents from SMEs are likely not conforming to the basic requirement of occupational safety and health act. In addition to this, the survey also found that only 3.1% of the management personnel can be considered competent in terms of knowledge, skill and ability in carrying out occupational safety and health regulation within their respective organization. While, 96.9% of the respondents that participated in the survey can be considered not competent. The authors hope results of this survey could assist the relevant authorities in formulating a better policy and strategy for implementing occupational safety and health in SMEs involved in chemical industry sub-sectors. Science Publications 2014 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25419/1/Conformity%20to%20occupational%20safety%20and%20health%20regulations.pdf Baba, M. Deros and Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail and Jaharah, A. Ghani and Mohd Yusri, Mohd Yusof (2014) Conformity to occupational safety and health regulations in Malaysian small and medium enterprises. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 11 (3). pp. 499-504. ISSN 1554-3641 https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2014.499.504 https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2014.499.504
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description	Regulation on occupational safety and health in Malaysia had evolved from the prescriptive factory and machinery act to a self-regulated occupational safety and health act. However, from the authors’ observation the high standards of occupational safety and health culture that surpass the legal requirement were not widely practiced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The two main objectives of this study are: First, first, to identify and determine the level of conformity and second, to investigate the reasons of nonconformity to occupational safety and health act regulation in SMEs involved the chemical industry sub-sectors. The survey questionnaire was distributed to 150 SMEs in chemical industry sub-sectors. Forty one of the survey questionnaires were completed and returned, giving a response rate of 27.3% for the survey. Survey data were analyzed statistically using the SPSS software. The survey results revealed that an overwhelming majority (92.7%) of the respondents from SMEs are likely not conforming to the basic requirement of occupational safety and health act. In addition to this, the survey also found that only 3.1% of the management personnel can be considered competent in terms of knowledge, skill and ability in carrying out occupational safety and health regulation within their respective organization. While, 96.9% of the respondents that participated in the survey can be considered not competent. The authors hope results of this survey could assist the relevant authorities in formulating a better policy and strategy for implementing occupational safety and health in SMEs involved in chemical industry sub-sectors.
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author	Baba, M. Deros Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail Jaharah, A. Ghani Mohd Yusri, Mohd Yusof
author_facet	Baba, M. Deros Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail Jaharah, A. Ghani Mohd Yusri, Mohd Yusof
author_sort	Baba, M. Deros
title	Conformity to occupational safety and health regulations in Malaysian small and medium enterprises
title_short	Conformity to occupational safety and health regulations in Malaysian small and medium enterprises
title_full	Conformity to occupational safety and health regulations in Malaysian small and medium enterprises
title_fullStr	Conformity to occupational safety and health regulations in Malaysian small and medium enterprises
title_full_unstemmed	Conformity to occupational safety and health regulations in Malaysian small and medium enterprises
title_sort	conformity to occupational safety and health regulations in malaysian small and medium enterprises
publisher	Science Publications
publishDate	2014
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Conformity to occupational safety and health regulations in Malaysian small and medium enterprises

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