Prevalence of occupational accidents at oil palm plantation in Johor

Nor Azman, Izyan Nadhirah (2012) Prevalence of occupational accidents at oil palm plantation in Johor. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Summary: This cross-sectional study was conducted at oil palm plantations in Johor. The main objective in this study is to determine prevalence of occupational accidents and the association between contributing factors and occupational accidents among oil palm harvesters. Data was collected from 148 male harvesters in Johor using questionnaires to determine socio demographic factors, working information and cases of occupational accidents as well as its contributing factors. Secondary data obtained from the plantation management was used to tally with the workers information while Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DaSH) was used to determine distribution and trend of accidents. The prevalence of reported occupational accidents was 23.0% for accident while 14.2% were dangerous occurrence. On the other hand, the prevalence of underreported occupational accidents was 75.0% due to accident and 45.3% were dangerous occurrence. The prevalence for contributing factors was higher towards human factors for both accident (94.6%) and dangerous occurrence (96.6%). Chi Square test revealed that factor such as time of accident (P=O.OOO, p<0.05) was important contributing factors of occupational accidents among oil palm harvesters. As a conclusion, oil palm harvesters are exposed to a combination of contributing factors that may lead to an increased risk of having accidents. Key words: prevalence, occupational accidents, trend, contributing factors, and oil palm harvesters

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2022 08:07
Last Modified:	15 Feb 2023 01:14
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/262

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