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Awareness of Mechanical Engineering Students on Occupational Safety

and Health (OSHA) in Machine Workshop, Politeknik Sultan Haji
Ahmad Shah

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Masliana Binti Idris Mohammad Zainal Akmal Bin Ismail

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering,Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah,Kuantan, Pahang,MALAYSIA; masliana@polisas.edu.my
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering,Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah,Kuantan, Pahang,MALAYSIA; mzainal@polisas.edu.my

Abstract
Lately there are accidents and injuries at work including in educational institutions. Accidental events should be taken into account in order to achieve zero
accident rates (Halimatus et al., 2010). The learning system in polytechnic emphasizes on theoretical and practical aspects. In addition during the process of
learning, there are several things that need to be addressed by the students such as security policies, tools, machines and the environment. Therefore, awareness of
safety practices is important to prevent accidents or injuries in the workshop so that it can affect the teaching and learning process (T&L). The main purpose of
this study was to examine the level of student awareness and perceptions on occupational safety and health management system (OSHA) in the Machine
Workshop, Polytechnic Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (POLISAS). The relationship between the level of awareness and the level of implementation of the system is
also examined. The questionnaire was distributed to 203 students representing the respondents. The data analysis method used in this study is descriptive
statistics (frequency and mean score) using Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS) for Windows version 16.0. The reliability of the instrument is α = 0.92.
The results showed that the respondents gave a positive perception to the research questions. It is found that the mean value obtained for the level of awareness
and implementation level of OSHA is 4.18 and 4.24 which are in the interpretation of agree. The findings also show a significant positive relationship between
the level of awareness and the implementation of OSHA. Based on the findings, several suggestions have been proposed to help raise awareness and
implementation of OSHA among students and improve the system as well as minimize the risk of accidents.

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Key-word: - OSHA, students, awareness,implementation

1.0 Introduction

Lately there are accidents and injuries at work including in educational institutions. Accidental events should be taken into
account in order to achieve zero accident rates (Halimatus et al., 2010). Therefore vital to inculcate awareness on occupational
safety and health amongst students in educational institutions, especially in institutions of higher learning. This is because today's
teaching and learning activities of educational institutions are also exposed to the risk of safety and health which is involved
with machinery and heavy equipment in the workshop and laboratory. In addition, there are also institutions of higher learning
that use chemicals that can pose a hazard to safety and health in laboratories. Hence, teaching and learning activities at the
Polytechnic's workshop and laboratory (POLISAS) that offer engineering courses that use of heavy equipment, machinery, heavy
machinery and chemicals that bring risks to health and safety. It is therefore important to inculcate awareness on occupational
safety and health among POLISAS citizens, especially students involved in workshops and laboratories.

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