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Barriers to incident reporting among doctors and nurses in a Specialist Government Hospital in the state of Kedah, Malaysia
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
Context: Barriers which cause underreporting of incidents among doctors and nurses have been explored in various scholarly literatures abroad. However, less is known
about the barriers to incident reporting in our current ...
Job rotation: cost-effective way to manage ergonomics risk at work
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
Ergonomics is still a new venture for many industries,
especially for small medium industries and even some multinational
companies. It became more challenging during current
economic condition, whereby ergonomics not ...
Stress among employees in fibreboard factory
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
It is essential to have motivated and hardworking workers towards the success of organization. However, amid to achieve this goal, stress frequently attacks the industrial workers due to numerous reasons. This article ...
Driver fatigue and driving performance among drivers in Simulated Prolonged Driving
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
Motor vehicle accident is a major problem in Malaysia.
The statistics for a ten year periods (1997 to 2007) shows an increasing
number of accidents. Fatigue and drowsiness among the
commercial drivers has been identified ...
A study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and productivity in plastic based industry
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
The objective of this paper is to present a study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and influence to their productivity performance. In this study noise levels were measured at several work ...
Ergonomic problems in Universiti Utara Malaysia lecturers’ room
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
The understanding of ergonomic issues is essential in improving human performance. By analyzing the interaction between humans and other elements of a system, human well-being and overall system performance could be ...
The influence of employees’ competency on safety behavior
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
Objective: The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of competency among the employees working in the petrochemical industry on their safety behavior while performing the jobs at the workplace. Problem: Safety ...
Amalan Pengurusan Keselamatan Menyeluruh atau Total Safety Management (TSM) dalam industri pembuatan di Malaysia
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
Sistem Pengurusan Keselamatan Menyeluruh atau Total Safety Management (TSM) merupakan konsep pengurusan Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan (KKP) alternatif yang baru diperkenalkan dan mula diamalkan dalam industri pembuatan ...
Recommended furniture dimension for primary school children in Malaysia
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
The objective of this study is to proposed the new furniture dimension based on Malaysia’s school children anthropometry. This study presents the result of an
anthropometric survey conducted on standard 2 and 5 of primary ...
Postural angle measurement: manual vs. picture recognition software
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
At present, there are vast selections of ergonomics measurement tools that have been developed for tasks, equipments and environments analysis. The measurement
method for ergonomic assessment is done either by traditional ...