ANALISIS SISTEM KERJA ERGONOMIK DAN PRESTASI KESELAMATAN DAN KESIHATAN PEKERJAAN (KKP) DI INDUSTRI PEMBUATAN MALAYSIA.

Occupational safety and health (OSH) aspects are key issues that organizations need to be given attention. Negligence in implementing OSH aspects will have a negative impact on workers and organizations. An increase in accidents at work, growing degrees of absenteeism, as well as higher levels of sickness and stress at work seem to indicate that even more urgent action is required. Previous studies have also indicated that ergonomics plays a significant role with respect to OSH problems, especially in the manufacturing sector. The implementation of certain initiatives based on ergonomics might well provide an avenue for solving, or at least alleviating, safety and health-related problems at work. This study will attempt to answer the question on does ergonomic work system (EWS) affects OSH performance? A total of 843 respondents from several companies and states in Malaysia were surveyed and analyzed. The results of the study show that the majority of employees are not aware of the problems related to ergonomics in the workplace. A study of the successes found the significant relationship between the dimensions of ergonomic work systems and the occupational safety and health performance in the manufacturing industry. Therefore, several initiatives should be taken by organisation to enhance workers' performance, especially in regards to implementation of ergonomics aspects as well as safety and health elements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]