THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANIZATION SAFETY MANAGEMENT ANDSAFETY BEHAVIOROF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER IN AMATA CITY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, RAYONG PROVINCE

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the perceptions oforganization safety management and work safety behavior of the 357 Thai construction workers who have work experiences more than 3 months in Amata city industrial estate,Rayong. Questionnaires were used to collect the dataand analyzed by using the description statistics include percentage, Arithmetic mean, standard deviation and inferential statistics by t-test, One-way ANOVA and Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. The level of statistical acceptance was set at 0.05

It was found that the samples had a good level of perceived organization safety management including organization management, work environment management, work accident prevention and chemical management, and work safety behaviors. The hypothesis test revealed that no different demographic factors which were gender, age, educational and work experience compare with work safety behavior at 0.05 level of statistically significance. The investigation also indicated that construction workers with different salary had different work safety behaviors in sampleswhich received salary less than 10,000 Thai Baht and more than 20,000 Thai Baht. Finally, the correlation coefficient (r) between the perception oforganization safety management significantly related to work safety behaviors at 0.01 level of significant.