Factors influencing workplace accidents in Negeri Sembilan's manufacturing sector / Norasyikin Ishak, Nurfarhana Lim Zulkifli Lim and Siti Nur Aqilahizzati Abu Bakri

Workplace accidents in Malaysia showed a continuous rising number of cases by 36.96% from 2,429 cases in 2010 to 3,327 cases in 2015. In the year 2015, there were a total 3,327 cases with 214 cases involving death while the rest included non-permanent disabilities and permanent disabilities. Based on the report from the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), it shows that manufacturing is the sector that has the highest number of accidents compared to other sectors. Therefore, in order to reduce the accident rate, this paper aims to find out the factors that contribute towards workplace accidents by using secondary data in which the data are obtained from DOSH Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. About 502 data with 10 variables were analysed by using descriptive analysis and Logistic regression analysis. By using the Logistic regression analysis, there were two classifications of accidents which are fatal and non-fatal. The fatal classifications is denoted as "1" and non-fatal classification denoted as "0" : The result shows that there are some characteristics in workplace accidents in the manufacturing sector: (1) Race tends to be significant with the highest contribution being 'Others' which are meant for foreign nationals; (2) Male workers tend to have a higher accident rate compared to female workers; (3) Foreign workers lead in term of nationality; (4) Machines and tools, working environment and other agencies significantly contribute to workplace accidents Based on the overall results the factors of the workplace accidents are found to be most suitable to predict the non-fatal accidents compared to fatal accidents. However, if the sample sizes are much bigger, there could be more fatal accidents. In conclusion, the percentage of the non-fatal accidents is higher than the fatal accidents in the workplace at Negeri Sembilan's manufacturing sector

Education Level amongst Natives in Malaysia

Malaysia is a country consisting of various races including Malays, Chinese, Indians and others. Among the many races here in Malaysia, natives or Orang Asli what we call here in Malaysia, is one of them. The people of Orang Asli consist of various different sub ethnics. Officially there were three major group ethnics among Orang Asli which are Negrito, Senoi and Melayu Asli. Our objectives in this study were to investigate the difference in family income for education level and to determine the difference in Orang Asli’s attitude for the level of education. With this study we can access the quality of education level amongst Orang Asli considering their unique customs. Besides that, we can understand clearly the development of education amongst Orang Asli throughout years of programs offered by the government of Malaysia. Our population was Orang Asli located in Perak, a state in Malaysia. The target sample was 126 people of Orang Asli from Kampung Batu 5, Batu 6, Batu 8 and Batu 14 in Tapah, Perak. The research design used for this study was cross-sectional research. Convenience sampling was used for the sampling technique in this study. Questionnaires were distributed during the visit to the village. For the statistical technique Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Independent t-test we used. Next the difference between income family and education level and differences between education level and total scale of attitude were shown for the findings and results. Based on this study, with the low score levels in the three aspects studied upon the Orang Asli, we can conclude that Orang Asli in Malaysia were still lacking in the level of attitude, family social and family income. Keywords: Education, Kruskall-Wallis, Natives, Tapa