EVALUATION OF RISK BEHAVIOUR DEPENDING ON SAFETY CLIMATE FACTORS AMONG SHIPYARD INDUSTRIES IN LUMUT, PERAK

Abstract

Thisstudy examinedtherelationship between twodimensions ofsafetyclimate (management commitment tosafetyand safety training) towards the risk behaviour of the worker. The research study is focuses on the safety climate mainly in Lumut, Perak in contextofshipyard industry.Asurveyquestionnaire instrumentwas developed and 120responses were collected. Pearson correlation analysis andlinearregression were usedto analyse the data collectedusingSPSSsoftware.The safety climate factors (management commitment tosafetyand safetytraining)were able toexplain 24.6% of variationrisk behaviour basedontheresult. It wasfoundthatthe safetyclimate factors have significant relationship and able to predict on risk behaviour. Nonetheless,more supporting evidence andelaborate methodological approacharenecessaryforfurtherstudy.Thefindingof thisstudy providesthe organisation's usefulframework for performing safety climate.