Current status of industrial accident learning in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Kidam, Kamarizan, Zainal Abidin, Zainazrin, Sulaiman, Zulkifly, Hashim, Mimi Haryani, Ripin, Adnan, Ali, Mohammed Wijayanuddin, M. Safuan, Hazlee, Haron, Saharudin, Othman, Norasikin, Zakaria, Zaki Yamani, Masri, Mohamad Fazli, Syed Hassan, Syed Abdul Hamid, Mat Ali, Nazruddin, Ahmad, Azman, Asri, Hairozie
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61259/1/KamarizanKidam2014_CurrentStatusofIndustrialAccidentLearning.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61259/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The accident rate in Malaysia is decreasing; however, statistically it is still high if compared with other developing nations. One of the reasons why accidents keep on happening is due to poor learning from accidents. This paper discusses the level of accident learning from accident reports submitted to the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Malaysia and the Society Security Organization (SOCSO) Malaysia involving 1,291 accident cases. Based on the quality and completeness of accident reports, their levels of learning were classified into five accident causation levels which are no, limited, fair, good and excellent learning.