Hubungan komunikasi keselamatan dengan produktiviti keselamatan dan risiko kemalangan dalam komuniti kerja di tapak pembinaan Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) (Relationship between safety communication, safety productivity, and accident risk among work communities at Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) construction sites)

Noramizah Che Abdul Rashid, Kadir Arifin

Abstract


Industri pembinaan Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) dilihat mendepani cabaran dalam konteks komunikasi keselamatan antara penyelia tempatan dan pekerja asing di Malaysia. Cabaran ini mempengaruhi produktiviti keselamatan dan meningkatkan risiko kemalangan. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji pengaruh halangan komunikasi keselamatan terhadap produktiviti keselamatan dan risiko kemalangan di tapak pembinaan MRT. Kajian kuantitatif ini menggunakan kaedah tinjauan melalui borang soal selidik yang diedarkan kepada 188 penyelia tempatan dan 112 pekerja asing warga Bangladesh di tapak pembinaan MRT. Persampelan rawak mudah digunakan dalam kajian ini dengan memilih Lokasi laluan Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP). Borang soal selidik mengandungi konstruk jenis komunikasi, halangan komunikasi, komponen komunikasi (persepsi, pengetahuan, pengalaman, sikap dan emosi) dan produktiviti keselamatan serta risiko kemalangan. Kesahan dan kebolehpercayaan instrumen telah diuji sebelum digunakan di lapangan. Data dianalisis menggunakan korelasi Pearson. Analisis korelasi mendapati hubungan signifikan dan sederhana antara halangan komunikasi dengan jenis komunikasi (r = 0.631, p < 0.05), produktiviti keselamatan dengan jenis komunikasi (r = 0.517, p < 0.05), komponen komunikasi dengan halangan komunikasi (r = 0.507, p < 0.05), dan produktiviti keselamatan dengan halangan komunikasi (r = 0.507, p < 0.05). Hubungan signifikan tetapi lemah antara komponen komunikasi dengan jenis komunikasi (r = 0.316, p < 0.05) dan produktiviti keselamatan dengan komponen komunikasi (r = 0.376, p < 0.05). Kajian ini menyumbang kepada pemahaman hubungan komunikasi keselamatan dalam konteks industri pembinaan yang melibatkan sumber tenaga kerja dalam kepelbagaian budaya.

 

Kata kunci: Komunikasi keselamatan, Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), pekerja asing, produktiviti keselamatan, risiko kemalangan

 

The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) construction industry faces challenges in safety communication between local supervisors and foreign workers in Malaysia. These challenges affect safety productivity and increase accident risks. This study aims to examine the influence of safety communication barriers on safety productivity and accident risks at MRT construction sites. This quantitative study employed a survey method through questionnaires distributed to 188 local supervisors and 112 Bangladeshi foreign workers at MRT construction sites. Simple random sampling was used by selecting the Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) line location. The questionnaire contained constructs of communication types, communication barriers, communication components (perception, knowledge, experience, attitude and emotion), safety productivity and accident risks. The validity and reliability of the instrument were tested before field implementation. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation. Correlation analysis revealed significant and moderate relationships between communication barriers and communication types (r = 0.631, p < 0.05), safety productivity and communication types (r = 0.517, p < 0.05), communication components and communication barriers (r = 0.507, p < 0.05) and safety productivity and communication barriers (r = 0.507, p < 0.05). Significant but weak relationships were found between communication components and communication types (r = 0.316, p < 0.05) and safety productivity and communication components (r = 0.376, p < 0.05). This study contributes to understanding safety communication relationships in the construction industry context involving labor resources within cultural diversity.

 

Keywords: Safety communication, Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), foreign workers, safety productivity, accident risks


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Komunikasi keselamatan, Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), pekerja asing, produktiviti keselamatan, risiko kemalangan (Safety communication, Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), foreign workers, safety productivity, accident risks)

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