DEVELOPMENT OF SAFETY MODELLING BASED ON HUMAN FACTOR FOR FISHERMEN ZONE A: A CASE STUDY AT MANJUNG’S DISTRICT

Abstract

In this paper is about the study of safety level among of fishermen and safety modelling is presented based on human factor. The safety modelling was considered as a potential tool for predicting and analyse the safety of fishermen from the various of accident causes such as sinking, capsizing, hitting the object and take into consideration of human factors. Human factors are categories into three sub-factors which are management, financial and attitudes. These factors are selected based on the errors and unintentional mistakes with the poor of judgement and decision making during the fishery activities. The aim of this research is to design the safety modelling as a preliminary study to prevent an unnecessary accident at sea. A survey was conducted using questionnaires instrument and distributed among 50 fishermen as the main respondents in this research at the coastal area at Manjung’s district. The data also are collected from government agency that related in fisheries sector including Malaysian Department of Fisheries (DOF) and Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia (LKIM). The outcome of safety modelling will contribute toward the concept of safety and accident causal for fishermen that parallel with the current developments in the fishery industry with a good level of accuracy.This safety modeling was designed and measured using SPSS software and employs a multiple liner regression model to measure the association between variable, showed a good fit of the model (adjusted = 56.47%) with indicates that the precision of the management, attitudes and financial performance. The results can be used by local authorities for enhancing the competencies among the fisherman in term of safety and prevent unpredictable accident.