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The acceptance level of new safety helmet design among palm oil plantation harvesters in Johor, Malaysia

Agriculture has the highest number of occupational accident cases reported to the Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Malaysia in 2022. The most serious concern is a head injury, which can lead to serious injury or death. Because of the fundamental issue of discomfort, the current level of...

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Main Authors: Siti Najihah Abdul Salam,, Shamsul Bahri Md Tamrin,, Dayana Hazwani Mohd Suadi Natab,
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22193/1/kjt_18.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.221932023-09-13T07:11:32Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22193/ The acceptance level of new safety helmet design among palm oil plantation harvesters in Johor, Malaysia Siti Najihah Abdul Salam, Shamsul Bahri Md Tamrin, Dayana Hazwani Mohd Suadi Natab, Agriculture has the highest number of occupational accident cases reported to the Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Malaysia in 2022. The most serious concern is a head injury, which can lead to serious injury or death. Because of the fundamental issue of discomfort, the current level of safety helmet usage is extremely low. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of acceptance of a new safety helmet design. This single group pre and post-test study were conducted on 124 harvesters in three Johor palm oil plantations by using a modified structured questionnaire. A training session on proper helmet use was conducted via video presentation. For three days, harvesters wore the new safety helmet design. Field observation was conducted on the practice item for the post-test. Descriptive analysis shows harvesters have a high score for knowledge, attitude, and practice. There is no significant difference (p>0.05) in practice before and after the implementation of training. There is a significant increase (p<0.001) in the acceptance level of the parameter (comfort, safety, ventilation, peak, fit, design, and heat) of the new safety helmet design on day 1, day 3 and day 6 among palm oil plantation harvesters. Overall, the harvesters have high knowledge, attitude and practice level and the new safety helmet design is well accepted by the harvesters. Training session implemented is helpful, however, the module needs to be improvised to increase the practice level. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22193/1/kjt_18.pdf Siti Najihah Abdul Salam, and Shamsul Bahri Md Tamrin, and Dayana Hazwani Mohd Suadi Natab, (2023) The acceptance level of new safety helmet design among palm oil plantation harvesters in Johor, Malaysia. Jurnal Kejuruteraan, 35 (3). pp. 699-704. ISSN 0128-0198 https://www.ukm.my/jkukm/volume-3503-2023/
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description Agriculture has the highest number of occupational accident cases reported to the Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Malaysia in 2022. The most serious concern is a head injury, which can lead to serious injury or death. Because of the fundamental issue of discomfort, the current level of safety helmet usage is extremely low. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of acceptance of a new safety helmet design. This single group pre and post-test study were conducted on 124 harvesters in three Johor palm oil plantations by using a modified structured questionnaire. A training session on proper helmet use was conducted via video presentation. For three days, harvesters wore the new safety helmet design. Field observation was conducted on the practice item for the post-test. Descriptive analysis shows harvesters have a high score for knowledge, attitude, and practice. There is no significant difference (p>0.05) in practice before and after the implementation of training. There is a significant increase (p<0.001) in the acceptance level of the parameter (comfort, safety, ventilation, peak, fit, design, and heat) of the new safety helmet design on day 1, day 3 and day 6 among palm oil plantation harvesters. Overall, the harvesters have high knowledge, attitude and practice level and the new safety helmet design is well accepted by the harvesters. Training session implemented is helpful, however, the module needs to be improvised to increase the practice level.
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author Siti Najihah Abdul Salam,
Shamsul Bahri Md Tamrin,
Dayana Hazwani Mohd Suadi Natab,
spellingShingle Siti Najihah Abdul Salam,
Shamsul Bahri Md Tamrin,
Dayana Hazwani Mohd Suadi Natab,
The acceptance level of new safety helmet design among palm oil plantation harvesters in Johor, Malaysia
author_facet Siti Najihah Abdul Salam,
Shamsul Bahri Md Tamrin,
Dayana Hazwani Mohd Suadi Natab,
author_sort Siti Najihah Abdul Salam,
title The acceptance level of new safety helmet design among palm oil plantation harvesters in Johor, Malaysia
title_short The acceptance level of new safety helmet design among palm oil plantation harvesters in Johor, Malaysia
title_full The acceptance level of new safety helmet design among palm oil plantation harvesters in Johor, Malaysia
title_fullStr The acceptance level of new safety helmet design among palm oil plantation harvesters in Johor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The acceptance level of new safety helmet design among palm oil plantation harvesters in Johor, Malaysia
title_sort acceptance level of new safety helmet design among palm oil plantation harvesters in johor, malaysia
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2023
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22193/1/kjt_18.pdf
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https://www.ukm.my/jkukm/volume-3503-2023/
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