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A STUDY ON EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH IN
APPAREL INDUSTRY
The results of the KMO test was explain very small proportion of the
summerized in Table 2. variability and those are unimportant. Also
varimax rotated component matrix
Table 2: KMO test
summerized these five factors of OSH and
Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) .749 then named as follows.
measure of sampling adequacy Factor 1– Safety programs towards safe
Bartlett's Test Approx. Chi- 643.379 working environment
of sphericity square Factor 2– Respecting employees’
df 171 suggestions
Sig. .000 Factor 3– Management support for working
safely
According to the Table 2 , KMO value
is 0.749 which is greater than 0.7 and Factor 4– Safety Rules
acceptable for factor analysis. The scree plot Factor 5– Rewarding System for safe
of the factor analysis was given in Figure 2. workers
Table 3 was constructed by considering
the answers to Likert scale questions as
follows. Those who marked strongly
disagree, disagree or neither agree nor
disagree to the questions under each of the
above factors are categorized as “not
satisfied” on each factor of OSH whereas
those who marked either agree or strongly
agree as “satisfied” on OSH. According to
the Table 3 all employees are satisfied about
the safety programs existing in the company.
94.32% of employees are satisfied about the
fact that respecting employee suggestions to
Figure 2: Scree plot improve safety practices in the company
The scree plot shows that first five of whereas 5.68% were not. Most of the
those factors explained most of the employees, that is 98.86% are satisfied
variability in the data because the line starts about management support for working
to straighten after 5. Remaining factors safely.
Table 3: Alternative methods
Section Methods
Chemicals handling • Separate area for chemical mixing with
presence of ventilation
• Eye wash station
Electrical and machinery safety •
• Air sucking system for binding and
molding sections.
• Prototype and modified equipment are not
used without informing the Manger in
Engineering
Personal Protective Equipment • Displaying safety posters about using PPE
(PPE) usage • PPE awareness for employees
Environment safety • Returning paper and polythene waste for
recycling
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