Knowledge, awareness and practice on occupational safety and health among office workers in public universities in Malaysia

KHAIRUDDIN, NUR SYAFIQAH (2022) Knowledge, awareness and practice on occupational safety and health among office workers in public universities in Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: According to the International Labour Organization (2021), almost 3 million of death happen annually due to occupational accidents and work-related illness. One of the assets that influences the company's value is the employees. Office workers are the supporting staffs for an organization which are responsible for performing administrative and support the daily operations at the workplace. They are play an important role to ensure the quality and productivity for the organization. However, many people may overlook the risk of occupational hazards that may be exposed by the office workers. The ignorance towards safety may put them at risk of occupational illnesses and occupational accident. Therefore, it is a vital to ensure their safety and health at the workplace and as it will consequently improve their job performance. Objectives: To investigate the level of knowledge, awareness, and practice (KAP) on occupational safety and health (OSH) and its associated factors. Methodology: This study is a cross sectional study was carried out among office workers from seven public universities in Malaysia. A sample size of 317 was randomly selected by using the simple random sampling. Data collection tool was a self-administered questionnaire which were provided in two languages (Malay and English). This questionnaire consists of sociodemographic and occupational background questions as well as there were 10-items assessed knowledge on OSH, 10-items assessed awareness on OSH, and 10-items assessed practice on OSH. This questionnaire’s validity was gained by the content-validity and its reliability was validated by Cronbach’s alpha. Data was analyzed by using the SPSS version 26. Results and Discussion: Total response rate for this study was 91.6%. In general, 71.0% of the respondents had good knowledge, 61.8% had good awareness and 51.1% of the respondents had good practice on OSH. Hierarchical logistic regression test showed that the secondary educational background (OR=0.492, 95% CI: 0.260-0.950) and the unavailability of safety policy at workplace (OR=0.334, 95% CI: 0.127-0.883) were significant predictor for poor awareness on OSH, meanwhile, unavailability of safety inspection at workplace (OR=0.317, 95% CI: 0.120-0.840) was the only predictor for poor OSH practice among respondents. Conclusion: Safety management practice at the workplace might be the pioneer to improve the KAP level among workers. Thus, management of universities can use the result of this study to make such improvement of safety and health at the workplace. Keywords: KAP, OSH, Safety Management Practice, Public Universities, Office Workers

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Hafizzuddin Hamidon
Date Deposited:	23 Aug 2023 02:52
Last Modified:	23 Aug 2023 02:52
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1069

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