Factor Related to Safety Working Behavior Among Construction Workers of Gas Separation Plant In Map Ta Phut Industrial Rayong Province

Abstract

This research was a cross-sectional descriptive to study the factors of knowledge, attitudes and safe working behaviors of construction workers at natural gas separation plant in Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, Rayong Province. During March – May 2024, there were 163 workers in the positive sample out of 235 total population. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square tests (P-value < 0.05). The result found that the most of workers were male, aged between 31 and 40, single, with a lower secondary education level, earning an average monthly income of more than 15,000 THB, working experience more than one year and had not any congenital disorder. They had no past history of work-related accidents, smoked, or drank alcohol. It was found that 84.7% had a high level of safety behavior (= 83.69, S.D. = 11.36), 98.2% had a high level of safety knowledge ( = 18.34, S.D. = 12.34) and 72.4% had a high level of safety attitude ( = 77.1, S.D. = 63.79). The study also revealed that gender (P-value = 0.004), smoking (P-value = 0.044), history of work-related accidents (P-value = 0.001), and safety attitude (P-value = 0.001) were significantly related to safety behavior at the 0.05 significance level. Therefore, the natural gas separation plant can use these findings to address the causes of accidents related to substandard employee behaviors, such as inadequate rest, working while physically unfit, working on unstable scaffolding that has not been inspected and substandard working conditions, including confined spaces, pits and tanks. These findings could guide the improvement and correction of safety management systems to promote behaviors to a safety culture and enhance the working environment to ensure safety for the construction workers.