Abstract
Despite the enforcement of safety protocols, several workplaces and organizations still face accidents in Malaysia. SOSCO reported >34,000 workplace related accidents in 2012, 983 of which were fatal. Leadership is important when creating a culture that supports and promotes health and safety. Management and Team leaders are vital in inspiring workers to higher levels of safety consciousness and productivity, which means they must personally apply good leadership attributions daily. A ‘Safety Culture’ describes a safety management style in the workplace that reflects attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values shared by all workers with regard to safety. The objectives of this study include raising the awareness among leaders in the workplace of their role and responsibility in the mitigation and construction of a safety culture that approaches zero incidents in the workplace. The methodology used in this paper includes a qualitative literature research on safety culture and leadership in addition to a quantitative survey that focused on safety culture at two Malaysian universities. This research thus provides an in-depth analysis and platform for organizations to identify areas of weakness and concern and can lead to further research that builds on existing systems to strengthen safety culture awareness and praxis.
Highlights
IntroductionThe Hammurabi Code of Law (Regulations 229–238) is inscribed on stone tablets
Regulations on public safety can be traced to King Hammurabi of Babylon in 1800 BC
We developed a precise and concise survey format because most questionnaires on safety culture were too lengthy, as indicated by Blewett et al (2012)
Summary
The Hammurabi Code of Law (Regulations 229–238) is inscribed on stone tablets. They state that any house builder who is guilty of causing the death of another person is punishable by death (King, 2008). Safety regulations have since evolved and most of the beneficial regulatory changes were made after the post-industrial revolution, to include the Safety & Health Act, Factory and Machinery Act, etc. These still need to be strengthened and improved, in industrial sectors and extended to other workplaces such as institutions and schools. The Safety Culture in the latter sectors seems to be far more lacking in oversight compared to the industrial sector
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