Open AccessDYNAMIC SAFETY INTERACTIONS FOR IMPROVING QUALITY OF WORK LIFE: A PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENGINEERS IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Author(s) -
Norizan Baba Rahim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of innovation and industrial revolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2637-0972
DOI - 10.35631/ijirev.39002
Subject(s) - causation , occupational safety and health , safety culture , psychological intervention , conceptual framework , work (physics) , effective safety training , business , manufacturing , quality (philosophy) , conceptual model , occupational injury , stressor , human factors and ergonomics , operations management , engineering , poison control , health care , marketing , management , occupational health nursing , psychology , medicine , computer science , environmental health , sociology , political science , nursing , health policy , social science , philosophy , database , law , pathology , epistemology , mechanical engineering , clinical psychology , economics
In Malaysia's manufacturing industry, workplace accidents and injuries are a big problem. This industry has made only minor progress in terms of reducing fatalities and significant injuries. The fatal injury rate decreased marginally; however, the previous year's severe injury rate stayed unchanged. (Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), 2021). As a result, manufacturing safety continues to be a severe issue in Malaysia. The organisational nature of industrial accidents has been highlighted in safety literature, and empirical study has focused on determining the organisational, managerial, and environmental elements that influence accident causation. The majority of prior works have emphasised the concept of safety culture (or safety climate). Scholars have recently begun to look into additional organisational elements, such as the impact of organisational environment, leadership style, and occupational stressors on industrial accidents. This study presents a conceptual framework to investigate the interaction between safety climate and safety behaviour in Malaysia's manufacturing sector, with the goal of developing more effective safety interventions to reduce accidents.