Risk Perception and Safety Behaviors of Production Line Employees in the Food and Drink Industry, Bangkok

Abstract

As trends in the food and drink industry increase production workers are also at increased risk of injury. This research thus aimed to, 1) study worker’s risk perception, which affected their safety behaviors, 2) compare worker’s risk perception and safety behaviors, and 3) test the relationship between worker’s risk perception and safety behaviors. The research samples were 324 workers who were production line employees from three companies in the food and drink industry in Bangkok. Questionnaires were used for collecting data. The statistical methods used for analysis were percentage, mean, t-Test, f-Test, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coeffifcient, and Linear Regressions.

Results from the research showed: 1)Worker’s risk perception and safety behaviors were at a high level, 2) worker’s perception and safety behavior do not differ regarding personal factors, except in relation to difference of training experience and accident experience, which
showed influence at a statistical level of 0.05, and 3) worker’s risk perception had a high positive signiffifcant correlation to worker’s safety behaviors at a statistical level of 0.001 (r = 0.220).

The research recommendations are to increase safety training subjects related to employee risk and to introduce a program of safety behavior
observation conducted by supervisors or by peerto-peer methods so as to benefifft to employees and the food and drink industry overall.