Abstract
Construction Workers (CWs) are the main source of manpower that is necessary to every construction project. Non conducive and hazardous working environment at construction site will affect the physiological health of the construction labour. This study is conducted to explore the impact of job stress and emotional stress to the CWs that potentially lead to injuries incident in Penang. Twelve stressors were identified through factor analysis. Then, the stressors are classified into five main categories. Questionnaires were developed according to the stressstressor relationship. The correlation between factors of injury incident (stressor) and stress shows that lack of autonomy and inappropriate safety equipment lead to the emotional stress among the CWs with 0.287 and 0.204 respectively. In addition, poor physical environment causes the job stress among CWs with the correlation of 0.270. © Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2016 Language: en
Highlights
Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) of work is a guideline used to control quality of product or services given by the workers
This study is conducted to explore the impact of job stress and emotional stress to the Construction Workers (CWs) that potentially lead to injuries incident in Penang
The correlation between factors of injury incident and stress shows that lack of autonomy and inappropriate safety equipment lead to the emotional stress among the CWs with 0.287 and 0.204 respectively
Summary
Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) of work is a guideline used to control quality of product or services given by the workers. In 2013, the construction industry is the highest number of death among the other industries which contributes about 37.5% or 69 deaths from total death of 185 deaths [1]. This study investigated the relationship type of stress and injuries incident (stressor) among construction workers in Penang. By identifying which stressor gave high impact to the type of stress, the superiors of the construction project especially those who are working directly with the construction labour could help them to improve the working environment
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