Factors Related to Safety Behavior of Working at Height among Electric Railway Workers in Bangkok Metropolis

Abstract

Construction workers who built electricity train route were at risk of falling from height. This accident caused many dangerous consequences. Most workers died because of falling from height. This study aimed to study factors relating to safety behavior for working at height of 180 construction workers who built sky train lines in Bangkok. The question for interview applied from the theory of planned behavior was used to be the instrument for searching factors relating to safety behavior for working at height.The result revealed that male workers 75.6% were aged between 18-30 years 56.7%, 47.8% were married, 29.4% graduated at lower primary education, 60.6% were Thai citizen, 31.1% of most construction workers had 1-2 years of duration of employment, 62.8% had 1 year or 2 years of work experiences, 81.1% were plant operators, 88.3% had safety training experiences, 71.1% did not get any accident from working, 23.9% got an accident only 1 time, 26.1% got accident of working at height at severity 1 level. Moreover, this study showed the construction workers had the Attitude toward behavior (r = 0.403^**P = 0.000) Perceived behavior (r = 0.403^**P = 0.000) and Behavioral intention (r = 0.403^**P = 0.000) all theory of plan behavior (r= 0.635 P = 0.000) and safety behavior for working at height were significant at the 0.05 level. Therefore, it should study more factors e.g. organization’s factors there will be strictly requirement and regulation that affecting to the safety behavior of working at height.