The Study of Contractor’s Hygiene and Safety Management in Plastics Industry – A Case Study in Chia-yi Plant of a Large Plastics Corporation

• Main Authors: Chuang-Min Huang, 黃椿敏
• Other Authors: Ming-Chi Wei
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20513388532695861897

碩士 === 嘉南藥理科技大學 === 產業安全衛生與防災研究所 === 99 === Plastics industry is known to be a kind of familiar industry, which has numerous workers, representing a significant component of economic diversification in Taiwan. However, contractors have long been used and accepted in local companies due to the advantages of its specialized field, efficiency, employment cost, and employment flexibility. Therefore, workers, employers and contractors, associated with this industry have a collective responsibility to protect the occupational health and safety. Notwithstanding, many disadvantages have been reported, including the low safety consciousness, hard to manage, and high turnover rate of contractor’s workers. Owing to problems related to the occupational injuries of contractor’s workers, the contractor’s safety and health management system is vital no matter whether for employers or for contractors. However, to our knowledge, there have not been fully reports on the study of contractor’s safety and health management in plastics industry. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate the safety and health management system in Chia-yi plant of a Large Plastics Corporation. In this study, the relationships between the safety and health management system and the occupational injuries have been explored, and optimum system for contractor’s safety and health management established. This study is to explore the contractor’s safety and health management system in Chia-yi plant of a Large Plastics Corporation and made use of a questionnaire survey to collect data. A total of 150 survey forms are sent out, of which 128 are validly completed and returned. All statistical analyses conducted in this study are performed using a SPSS 12.0 software. The results show that the majority of occupational health and safety management current status are susceptible to contractor’s workers. While, a part of management system is not supported by workers of contractors and can be included as follows: (1) When the contractor’s workers violate the occupational safety and health management system in workplace conditions, the regulation of forfeit is not recognized by contractors. (2) Due to the shortest processing time with low costs, contractors do not approve the training of contracting workers which is gathered by employers. (3) Considering the rate of progress, a management of “walk-the-walk” and an interview of safety are not applauded by contractors. (4) The existence of immediately hazard in workplaces, a lock-out is not promised by contractors. (5) Work with torches is commonly used for industrial process, but safety issues related to its usage have led to a need for specific prevention. In many contractors, however, the level of basic knowledge of the contractors about risks may be lower, increasing the need for the technical expertise. This study is undertaken to approach the following goals: (1) The budget of contractor’s safety and health management system should be evaluated to ensure that it is effective and appropriate to address specific workplace conditions. (2) The auditing of safety and health management should be reinforced, and the regulation of forfeit should be adjusted in order to obtain the highest effects of management. (3) The increased interest of the participants is of great importance, mainly because employee training should be ensured that everyone understands and is aware of the hazards. (4) Reinforcing the monitored system of large-scale workshop provides information about potential hazards, safety rules, and emergency procedures to employee. (5) Safety and health management of work with torches, as well as training of traffic safety should be reinforced to recognize and promote effective safety management as means of ensuring a safe workplace.