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Occupational safety and health assessment in metal industry within small and medium enterprise

Shahlan, Siti Suhaili and Hassim, Mimi H. and Kidam, Kamarizan and Mohd. Safuan, Haszlee and Othman, Norasikin and Ripin, Adnan and Ali, Mohamed Wijayanudin and Zakaria, Zaki Yamani and Haron, Saharudin and Ahmad, Azman and Mat Ali, Nazruddin and Syed Hassan, Syed Abdul Hamid and Asri, Hairozie and Sulaiman, Zulkifly and Masri, Mohamad Fazli (2014) Occupational safety and health assessment in metal industry within small and medium enterprise. In: 3rd Scientific Conference on Occupational Safety and Health (SCI-COSH), 14-17 Oct, 2014, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

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Abstract

According to annual report from the Social Security Organization (SOCSO) between years 2009 and 2011, metal industry has the highest reported number of accidents compared to the other manufacturing industry in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the actual causes of problems that lead to the accidents involving metal industries within SMEs. In this study, checklist through site visits has been used to collect the data. The overall result reveals that the main causes of accident are due to organization failure, human factor, machine failure and surrounding environment.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:social security organization (SOCSO), small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
Subjects:T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:Chemical Engineering
ID Code:61088
Deposited By: Fazli Masari
Deposited On:14 Mar 2017 00:26
Last Modified:14 Mar 2017 00:26

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