Preliminary Study on Factors Influenced the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Compliance on the Malaysian Firefighters

Some factors of safety culture including hazard risk assessment, employee involvement and management commitment have been identified that could reduce occupational accidents and injuries at the workplace. The failure to follow occupational safety and health compliance (OSHC) has become an issue that increases occupational accidents and injuries among firefighters at the workplace. Therefore, the objective of this preliminary study was to identify the main factor of safety culture that influence occupational safety and health compliance (OSHC) among firefighters in the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (FRDM). The study was conducted using online questionnaires. The questionnaires were distributed to firefighters who worked in FRDM. This study used two types of analysis were descriptive analysis and internal consistency analysis to answer the research objectives. The results show that the questionnaire of study has the highest reliability and validity of Cronbach's alpha. The highest Cronbach alpha value represented by co-worker support (CWS) was 0.92, followed by organizational commitment (OC) was 0.87, personal protective equipment (PPE) was 0.86, and occupational safety and health compliance (OSHC) was 0.83. The findings indicated that the excellent values of internal consistency analysis in the preliminary study on OSHC from the perspective of firefighters in Malaysia.