Port terminal safety: A conceptual paper on factors that affects occupational stress risk assessment in container terminal

Ayuni Nabilah Alias; Norwahida Yaakub; Mohd Rafee Baharuddin; Mohd Azhar Mohd Noor

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS7.13097

Authors

Ayuni Nabilah Alias Faculty of Safety and Health, University of Cyberjaya, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia and Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Norwahida Yaakub
norwahidayaakub@ump.edu.my
Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Mohd Rafee Baharuddin Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Mohd Azhar Mohd Noor Faculty of Health Sciences, Kampus Bertam, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 13200 Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Keywords:

Misunderstanding over the definition, supply chain, occupational stress risk

Abstract

A part of the supply chain that is very important to Malaysia is the port sector. A high-risk work environment is leading to a rise in occupational stress among port terminal workers. It is necessary for an organisation to correctly diagnose the aspects of the working lifestyle conditions that are perceived as risks by workers and to investigate the consequences of these risks in order for the organisation to be successful in the prevention of occupational stress problems. The aim of this conceptual paper is to investigate the factors that influence the safety practitioner's perception of safety and health risk assessment at port terminal. Data on safety and health that were collected in the past were analysed. Misunderstanding over the definition of a hazard and how to interpret a risk assessment matrix were both factors. This paper will scrutinize those factors and accomplish suggestions for how research should be done in Malaysia in the future.

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