Training program for occupational safety behavior in workplace of production company in Hanoi: Basis for Accident prevention and Reduction (Summary) A RESEARCH PROPOSAL PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE SCHOOL SOUTHERN LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY LUCBAN, QUEZON, PHILIPPINES THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY S.R VIETNAM IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE DOCTOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Advisor : Prof Placino Milo Student name : August, 2013 Pham Thi Ninh Chapter INTRODUTION 1.1 Background: Safety behavior presents a paradox to practitioners and researchers alike because contrary to the assumption that self- preservation overrides other motives (Maslow, 1970), careless behavior prevails during many routine jobs, making safe behavior an ongoing managerial challenge Studies in Industrial countries showed that about 90% of accidents occur because of unsafe behavior and human errors and only 10% of those belong to unsuitable workplace and equipment (FGhofranipour, Iranian J Publ Health, Vol 38, No 2,2009,pp125) Even if workers not have the right knowledge, attitude and behavior toward safety measures in a safe workplace, all efforts for an accident-free workplace will be in vain Clearly, therefore, safe behavior in routine work poses managerial challenges In case of Vietnam, occupational accident is a very important issue in industries, especially in recent years the number of occupational accidents occurring more and more as Industry is growing Statistics show that in 2010, there were 5125 cases of occupational accidents The year of 2011 there were 5896 cases of occupational accidents, up 15.04% compared to 2010 (Report of labour accident in 2011 Number: 303 / TB-MOLISA) And flow this report the causes of labor accidents is behavior of worker (80%) Also, according to the report of the MOLISA (Ministry of labor, invalid and social affair), the material damage caused by occupational accidents occurring in the first months of 2011 (expenses relating to medicine, funeral, compensations for families of deaths and injury, ) was 143.331.800.000 vnd (2.62 times increase over the same period in 2010), damage to property was 17.609.900.000 vnd (7.89 times increase over the same period in 2010) Thus more then 80% of accidents occur which are attributable to human factors That is the attitude, knowledge, behavior of workers for safe work With the purpose of this study, the author considers to have the research on one typical local big company on the field of production and erection in Hanoi area The result of the study and recommendations could apply to others on the same field and area The company selected was LILAMA 69-2 who with more than 50 years of constant development, is known as one of the experienced for vessels, pipe manufacturer and erection contractor in Vietnam Follows report of LILAMA 692, in 2010, 2011,2012, serious accidents were happened lead to die and many accidents or incidents not formally recorded Thoroughly analyzed two years incident and investigation data and identified that most of the workplace incidents are triggered by unsafe behaviors, persistence of inherited traditional beliefs and overconfidence of workers It is obviously that the safety management system in the company is top down with very “state owned training style” The behavior based safety is something not yet familiar within the companies 1.2 Problem statement In general, the study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of the safety program and recommend safety training program on the safety behavior of workers and the reduction or prevention of accident in a production company in Hanoi, Vietnam.) Specifically it seeks to answer the following questions: What is the profile of workers in LILAMA 69-2 company What is the frequency and types/classification of work related accidents in LILAMA 69-2 company? What is the leading causes of work related accident in LILAMA company? What is attitude of workers among safety and the safety climate in LILAMA 69-2? What is the behavior of the management of LILAMA 69-2 towards safety program in the company? What safety program is appropriate to improve the safety behavior of workers and safety climate in LILAMA 69-2? Chapter LITERATURE REVIEW Theoretical and conceptual framework Conceptual framework: Respondents Profile: Department Worker Position Safety behavior and attitude of workers Safety Behavior of employ Perception of respond ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION Recommendation safety training program on the Safety in workplac safety behavior of worker and the prevention and reduction Perception of respondents on commitment of management about safety Chapter RESEARCH DESIGN 3.1 Research design and location of the study: In my research, I use descriptive with the use of survey The questionnaire designed keeping in view easy of response from employees of production companies to gauge their understanding about Safety In this research, I chose a company which is typical big local company Who faced with some incident happened in years recently By using a questionnaire sent to the company's employees, which assess the current status of the company safety climate, and also from this set of questions for managers to express their views then to evaluate the company's commitment to QHSE problems in their company’s workplace The Behavioral Safety Questionnaire comprise of 36 questions distributed amongst the areas: Safety Attitude within the company, Personal Attitude to Safety, Working conditions at workplace, Supervisor Attitude to worker safety, Job Loyalty shown by the employee, Serious Attitude to Safety, Training needed, Management attitude 3.2 Data collection Procedure and data analysis method: To collect data, the researcher will use a researcher- made questionnaire and selected interview The next step is to convert the qualitative answers to quantitative data so that further statistical analysis, short listing of group of employees for psychological therapies will be target First, the 32 questions of the Behavior Safety Questionnaire are categorized in eight disciplines above After categorization, all available answers to the 32 question will be rate from to keeping in view the criticality and nature of that aspect as safety culture In this way, all 32 questions are numbered and employees’ scores are calculated as a whole, as well as for each of the eight disciplines Benchmark was obtained by giving numbers to highest scores for desire answer to that particular question for each of the eight disciplines In this way the highest number is allotted to the desire safety behavior In a similar manner, numbers are allotted to other seven disciplines based on their importance in our workplace culture Therefore, final benchmark of ‘>76’, ‘>60,50,