RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACTORS AND WORK SAFETY BEHAVIOR AMONG PRODUCTION STAFF IN AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BOARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY CHONBURI PROVINCE

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACTORS AND WORK SAFETY BEHAVIOR AMONG PRODUCTION STAFF IN AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BOARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY CHONBURI PROVINCE

Authors

  • พรวิภา จันทร์อ่อน วทบ. (สุขศาสตร์ อุตสาหกรรมและความปลอดภัย) คณะสาธารณสุขศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยบูรพา
  • สุชัญญา ศิริกาล วทบ. (สุขศาสตร์ อุตสาหกรรมและความปลอดภัย) คณะสาธารณสุขศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยบูรพา
  • นรัตน์ ประทาย วทบ. (สุขศาสตร์ อุตสาหกรรมและความปลอดภัย) คณะสาธารณสุขศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยบูรพา
  • รมย์นลิน เย็นสุข วทบ. (สุขศาสตร์ อุตสาหกรรมและความปลอดภัย) คณะสาธารณสุขศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยบูรพา
  • ทิพรดา คงประเวช วทบ. (สุขศาสตร์ อุตสาหกรรมและความปลอดภัย) คณะสาธารณสุขศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยบูรพา
  • นันทนัช น้อยจันทึก วทบ. (สุขศาสตร์ อุตสาหกรรมและความปลอดภัย) คณะสาธารณสุขศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยบูรพา
  • อรนาถ สุวรรณศิริ วทบ. (สุขศาสตร์ อุตสาหกรรมและความปลอดภัย) คณะสาธารณสุขศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยบูรพา
  • อนามัย เทศกะทึก สาขาวิชาสุขศาสตร์ อุตสาหกรรมและความปลอดภัย คณะสาธารณสุขศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยบูรพา
  • ธีรานันท์ นาคใหญ่ สาขาวิชาสุขศาสตร์ อุตสาหกรรมและความปลอดภัย คณะสาธารณสุขศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยบูรพา

Keywords:

Electrical circuit board manufacture, Production worker, Chonburi, Worker safety behaviors

Abstract

          This cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to investigate the factors related to occupational safety behaviors of production employees at an electronic circuit board manufacturing company in Chonburi Province. The sample of 264 production employees was obtained using a systemic random sampling method. The data was collected through questionnaires. The results of the study showed that the majority of the sample was male (69.3%), aged 19–38 years (93.2%) (¯x=29.71, SD=7.197), single (66.3%), with working experience of 1–5 years (79.62%) (¯x=3.91, SD=2.333), working time of 8–10 hours (95.52%) (¯x=7.48, SD=0.598), working 6 days a week (81.18%), and predominantly in the coating department (21.2%). For the safety factor at work, the company's safety policy awareness level (¯x=14.99, SD=1.682), safety supervision level (¯x=14.82, SD=1.556), knowledge or training on safety (¯x=14.65, SD=1.729), and social support level (¯x= 44.18, SD= 4.244) were all at moderate levels, accounting for 61.0%, 59.1%, 61.7%, and 70.5%, respectively. For the results of the relationship analysis with safety behaviors at work, factors consisting of age (p = 0.000), work experience (p = 0.000), perception of the company's safety policy (r=0.428, p<0.001), safety supervision (r=0.568, p<0.001), and giving knowledge or training on safety were correlated with work safety behavior  (r=0.746, p=0.000). Therefore, to encourage workers to exhibit more safe behaviors at work, greater awareness of safety legislation, supervision, education or training, and social support promotion should be implemented.

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