Work Safety Behavior of Production Employee in Eiamsiri Starch Co Public Company Limited

Abstract

The purpose of this research were 1)to study work safety behavior of production employees in Eiamsiri Starch Co Public Company Limited, and 2) to study factors which relate to work safety behavior of production employees in Eiamsiri Starch Co Public Company Limited. The samples were 200 production employees of Eiamsiri Starch Co Public Company Limited, gained by purposive sampling. The tools used in the research consisted of 1) questionnaire for measuring work safety behavior of employees in working, machinery equipment, environment, and  management towards safety in the factory, 2) questionnaire for measuring safety attitude of employees, and 3) questionnaire for measuring safety knowledge of employees. The statistics used in the research were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Chi-square.

            The research findings were as follows:

1. In general, the work safety behavior of production employees in Eiamsiri Starch Co Public Company Limited was in high level. While the work safety behaviors in machinery equipment and safety management in the factory were in very high level, the work safety behaviors in working and environment were in high level.
2. The factors – educational background, age, attitude towards safety, and knowledge in work safety – relate to work safety behavior of production employees in Eiamsiri Starch Co Public Company Limited with the statistics significance at .01 level.