Factors Affecting the Relationship Between Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems and Safety Behavior at Work Among Production Process Employees in an Electronics Industry in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province

Abstract

This study aims to manage internal operations within an establishment, reduce risks to employees' hazards and safety to enhance safety. This includes developing guidelines for improving the occupational health and safety management system and designing training programs for employees to safety behaviors. This research employs a quantitative approach using a survey method. This research aims to investigate the relationship between the occupational health and safety management system and safety behavior at work. The sample group comprises 360 employees in the production process, including the electronic component design department, material procurement department, electronic component manufacturing and assembly department, product testing department, and packaging and transportation department. Participants were selected using cluster sampling. The research instrument is a questionnaire divided into sections on personal data, information on the occupational health and safety management system, and data on the safety behavior of production process employees. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics to calculate percentages, means, and standard deviations, as well as one-way analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis.

The research findings revealed that factors significantly influencing employees' safety behavior at work included the occupational health and safety management system in terms of organizational context (X₁), leadership and worker participation (X₂), operation (X₅), and performance evaluation (X₆). These factors showed a statistically significant relationship at the 0.05 level. Together, these five variables accounted for 25.00 % of the variance in the safety behavior of production process employees.