Management Commitment to Safety and Safety Training: Mediating Role of Safety Compliance for Occupational Accidents A Study on Oil and Gas Industry of Malaysia

Muhammad Ajmal,Asrar Ahmed Sabir,Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Bin Isha,Shahrina Md Nordin

doi:10.54692/ajss.2021.05031608

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https://doi.org/10.54692/ajss.2021.05031608

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Abstract

In high-risk hazardous organizations, workers face occupational accidents and safety challenges. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of management commitment to safety and safety training on occupational accidents via safety compliance in the context of the oil and gas industry of Malaysia. The sample size was calculated by employing G-Power version 3.1, and 194 responses were collected by using the convenience sampling technique and Smart-PLS was used for data analysis. Hence, based on data analysis, developed hypotheses have been accepted. In addition, this study is also helpful for managers and safety leaders to understand the importance of management commitment to safety and safety training to reduce the rate of occupation accidents. In the future, this study can be conducted with large sample size, and variables safety participation, safety behavior, and workers’ involvement can be added to develop a theoretical framework.

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The root cause of the majority of occupational accidents is a lack of safety training and management commitment to safety (Ajmal et al., 2021).literature investigation on occupational accidents in high-safety sensitive organizations revealed that human error simultaneously occurs for occupational accidents (Acar & Acar, 2014)
This study has primarily focused on the oil and gas industry of Malaysia to investigate the impact of safety training and management commitment on occupational accidents via safety compliance
The result of the hypotheses shows that the first hypothesis H1 predicted that safety training will have a positive relationship with safety compliance it is supported with values of β = 0.25 (t = 3.65, p < 0.001)

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The root cause of the majority of occupational accidents is a lack of safety training and management commitment to safety (Ajmal et al., 2021).literature investigation on occupational accidents in high-safety sensitive organizations revealed that human error simultaneously occurs for occupational accidents (Acar & Acar, 2014). Researchers and academicians are continuously working to improve workplace safety and reduce risks for occupational accidents in industries where occupational accident rates are high e.g., oil and gas, construction, and manufacturing industry. In the last three decades, research on occupational health and safety has become prominent to reduce the cost of safety by providing valuable knowledge to employees (Al-Mekhlaf et al, 2021). Several factors compel top management of companies to improve occupational health and safety performance and reduce are of occupational i.e., protection of employees, maintain workers attendance, and lower leaves from work and lost working days (Almost & Hulle, 2019). The employee's safety training provides knowledge and skills to work safely at the workplace (Baldassarre, Mucci, & Lecca, 2020). Companies spend a huge amount of budget on employee safety training and are equipped with safety rules and procedures (Baldassarreet al., 2020)

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