Abstract
The Shipyard industry is one of the growing industry in Malaysia. There is still a lot of room for improvement with regards to the safety aspects within the industry. This study presents the finding of a survey on the safety management in shipyard operation of class C and D in Peninsular Malaysia as registered with Ministry of Finance Malaysia. Shipyard operation is considered a hazardous job. Most of the cases were due to fall from height, fire and explosion. The accidents were due to crane collapsed and explosion during welding works inside a hull of a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier. The research aims to study the Health, Safety and Environment Management System (HSEMS) of shipyard operations in Malaysia particularly in Class C and Class D. This study was conducted using a survey method following the Glenn D’s equation. The findings of this study shown that almost all the shipyards had HSEMS in placed but some were incomplete. Accidents still happen in the Malaysian shipyard industry from time to time. Nearly 10% of shipyards did not have clear HSE Policy due to low priority given to HSE matters.
Highlights
The findings provide an up to-date understanding towards the current conditions of the local HSEMS shipbuilding industry
Normality is an important concept in statistics because before start the analyses, the researcher should check a dataset for normality before performing an analysis that relies on normally distributes data
The present condition of HSE Management System for Hotwork Operation at High Elevation in Shipbuilding Project in Malaysia was reviewed. This gives all the combination of factors contributed to accidents in shipbuilding projects
Summary
One of the hazardous operation is working in shipyard where ships are repaired and built [2] [3]. Shipyards are built nearby the sea or river [4]. There are many studies performed on hotwork in confined space [5] [6] [7]. There arenot many studies on procedural of hotwork operation at high elevation compared to studies on risks, harms and incidents [7] [8] [9]. The safest working with the hot work environment at high elevation are designed based on managing, controlling and handling all aspects of health, safety and the environment inthe shipyard industry [10] [11] [12]
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