Kadir Arifin

National University of Malaysia | ukm · School of Social, Development & Environmental (SOSDES)

This chapter in book discusses about the issues and challenges of occupational safety and health (OSH) in the rail construction industry in Malaysia. This includes issues related to occupational safety, factors affecting occupational accidents, challenges and impacts of occupational accident and OSH interventions practices.

ABSTRAK Pembinaan rel Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) merupakan salah satu projek mega bagi industri pembinaan di Malaysia dengan tujuan menambahbaik jaringan pengangkutan awam di sekitar Lembah Klang. Walau bagaimanapun, fasa pembinaan MRT melibatkan banyak kes kemalangan di tempat kerja. Faktor pekerja merupakan salah satu faktor yang menyumbang kepada...

The construction of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project in Malaysia is aimed to improving the efficiency of rail transportation particularly for urban users. However, the construction phase of MRT involves many workplace accidents that affect fatality, permanent disability and loss to organizations or individuals.The organization factor is one of the...

ABSTRAK Isu keselamatan dan kesihatan pekerjaan menjadi isu utama di industri pendidikan terutamanya di universiti. Tiadanya penekanan kepada pengurusan keselamatan dan kesihatan pekerjaan dalam industri pendidikan menyebabkan ianya memberi kesan kepada kebajikan pekerja. Pengenalan terhadap budaya keselamatan seperti komunikasi dilihat sebagai pen...

Malaysian construction industry is crucial in the development of the country towards becoming a developed nation. However, the positive growth of Malaysian construction industry is being affected with high fatality rate. There are four main elements contributing to occupational accidents in the industry comprising of immediate factor (human and wor...

Abstract The change in land use patterns in Tolitoli to the clove monoculture plantation can increase the income of the farmers. However, the monoculture pattern and flood disasters which resulted in uncontrolled erosions and landslides. The objective of this study was to analyze the level of soil fertility and the land recovery efforts on the clov...

Construction industry is an important sector that contributes to the development of economy and socioeconomy in Malaysia. It is a vital component in achieving the developed country status. However, fatalities in the Malaysian construction industry are a critical problem. Number of fatalities in this industry is the highest compared to other industr...

The construction industry plays a significant role in contributing to economy and development globally. During the process of construction, various hazards coupled with the unique nature of the industry contribute to high fatality rates. This review was carried out by referring to previous published studies and related Malaysian legislation documen...

Government requires cooperation and support from the public, including the media to minimise the threat of terrorism in order to achieve peace and justice according to the world agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Nevertheless, on the other hand, the society also demanded the government for immediate actions to ensure peace as well as j...

Understanding terrorism based on radicalism idea is very vital in order to avoid instability in the social environment for achieving environmental peace and justice. Environmental peace and justice is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Based on the Goal 16 of the SDGs, stipulated that promote peaceful and inclusive societies for susta...

The purpose of this study was to assess the safety culture within the research university in Malaysia such as Universiti Malaya, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The eight elements of safety culture in education sector have been identified including rules and pro...

Understanding aggressive behaviour is essential to avoid damages for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the precautionary principle. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) known as “Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” which is parallel to the concept of sustainability. Under this concept of...

The urban village is an area occupied by the urban community that lives and resides in the urban environment as a group or in certain group which was formed or naturally due to urbanization. The formation of the urban village concept is based on two circumstances, which is due to the effects of urbanization and the result of the urban village forma...

Education industry plays an important role to achieve knowledge based economy. This industry also facing OSH issues at work especially when involves working in laboratories during teaching and research. This study explores the safety culture in the research university. The eight elements of safety culture have been highlighted. There are rules and...

The state is ultimately responsible and accountable for paying attention to the situation and people's fate. The State, through its agents is responsible for maintaining public order and security. Since then, crime is happening and the emergences of victims are also the responsibility of the state. Similarly, a glimpse of exposure linked to the exi...

Regarded as a new development urban planning approach in developing countries, brownfield regeneration, particularly the redevelopment of ex-landfills as public parks in Malaysia, leads to the question of this research: could such development benefit the local communities’ quality of life and living environment? We selected as study respondents 163...

This study aims to determine the competency relationship of Islamic Economics Graduate with the working world and the efforts made to find out the Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universitas Islam Riau in preparing competence Islamic Economics Graduate degree, so that efficient and competent quality. Study was carried out at Faculty of Islamic Studies,...

ISO 14001 is seen as a better and systematic tool in controlling the environmental issues as compared to the environmental control system that was introduced earlier. These standards should be practical, useful and used by all organizations. Amongst the benefits of implementing ISO 14001 received by the organization are enhancing image, competitive...

Local Government existence has been recognized by the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia Year 1945, in particular article 18, which reads; The division of Indonesian regions over large areas and small the form of government structure defined by the Act, by looking at and remembering basic deliberations in the government system of the Republi...

Government authorities in the religion affairs is the authority of the central government. In the dynamic development of political, many districts that produce regional policy with respect to religion or to follow religious aspirations of local people. Some districts in Riau Province, a county division during the reform, including the district are...

Democracy is not always direct elections; we know their style of Sukarno's Guided Democracy, Liberal Democratic, Socialist Democracy and the Indonesian Democracy in fact now has its own "Pancasila Democracy", where deliberation consensus as the primary basis of decision-making in both the electoral regulations stipulate as well as electoral legisla...

This study aimed to analyses shortcomings technology transfer in Indonesia. As we have indicated, that government have failed to create technology transfer for Indonesia. Even though the transfer of technology is strongly campaigned as a principal means of relieving world poverty, there is no reliable and credible evidence that shows a significant...

Interest approach, which concerns with costs and benefits would lead for environmental co-operations that plays an important role in sustainability and democracy by promoting the precautionary principle in order to gain sustainable development. The used of the precautionary principle to the area of sustainability and democracy, largely in response...

Various organisations have responded to the implementation of separate management systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001). The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of the integrated management system (IMS) implementation by organisations in Malaysia. A total of 30 organisations which had gained certification for quality, e...

Construction industry plays an important role in the development of economy and socio-economy of a country. This industry is hazardous and has been contributing to severe injuries and fatalities around the world. There are many OSH accidents that can be related to construction industry but there is a few that really need proper attention due to the...

Sustainable development is very essential to protect the environmental surroundings as well as for the better living environment for mankind. One of the international law that adopted the principle of protecting the environment is Montreal Protocol, which is one of the successful international environmental laws. Montreal Protocol managed to seek i...

This paper attempts to study the effects of the social and academic factors towards the marketability of UKM's graduates. 273 second year students were responded to questionnaire survey with respect to their perceptions on factors that influence their job marketability. Four instruments on social factors were employed consisting of 21 items; four i...

This study examines the process of negotiations towards acceptance of the Montreal Protocol in Malaysia specifically on environmental management It focuses on one of the successful Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) that is, Montreal Protocol. Montreal Protocol managed to seek international environmental cooperation among almost all of th...

Issues on inadequate urban green areas provision to meet the needs of community social recreation become more crucial with the increase of urban population and lack of urban spaces. To deal with the issues, the Malaysian government has developed policies to reuse ex-landfill as public park. However, public health issues related to landfill gas emis...

Abstrak Pendekatan menang-menang perlu ada dalam membangunkan sumber baharu, khususnya bekas tapak pelupusan,bagi penyediaan ruang bandar yang memenuhi piawaian perancangan. Bekas tapak pelupusan memang berpotensi untuk menjadi alternatif terbaik bagi menyediakan kawasan lapang bandar di Malaysia. Menggunakan maklumat Kementerian Perumahan dan Kera...

The conceptual framework is a process that determines the direction of the research. There are few elements that have been selected and being considered as focus on the process of analysis in the research. Here, researcher has developed the special conceptual framework for the quality of life of urban village inhabitants' assessment, which is divid...

The law of tort on private nuisance plays an essential position in protecting mankind from contaminated daily food consumption in order to ensure safety. The application of the law of tort on private nuisance in the area of an individual's protection is largely in reply to the need of every individual to ensure his rights and interests in daily foo...

Fire is one of the main risk factor to the oil and gas industry. This is because it involves the handling of risky materials and machineries that can easily cause fire. Fire can cause harm to human life, destruction of properties as well as causing a great deal of monetary losses. The objective of this research is to evaluate the relationship betwe...

Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) are related closely with the international governance and legal system in order to achieve international cooperation. MEAs are international environmental agreements between states in relation to environmental protection and conservation. Montreal Protocol is one of the successful Multilateral Environmen...

Penilaian status kualiti hidup penduduk kampung bandar melibatkan sumber maklumat sebagai input, proses penilaian komuniti serta output yang tergambar melalui makna kualiti hidup tersebut. Input melibatkan komponen persekitaran terhadap manusia. Elemen persekitaran mempunyai pengaruh tersendiri melalui menyediakan peluang-peluang yang menjadi daya...

The law of tort focusing on negligence plays an important role towards environmental sustainability in Malaysia. The application on the law of tort focusing on negligence within the scope of interest approach to the area of environmental sustainability is largely in reply to the necessity of individual to protect his/her interests and rights agains...

The implementation of separate management systems of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 need to be carried out by organizations in oorder to ensure their business continuity. This is because through this implementation, organizations are able to receive various benefits such as reducing business costs, improving companies image and having greater...

The occupational safety management is very essential in order to achieve sustainability at workplace. Without proper management on occupational safety, it will cause accidents to workers. As for Malaysia, those related to accidents at work has increased yearly. For example, in the year of 2003, the number of accidents involving loss of life is abou...

Statutory implied terms in the Malaysian Sale of Goods Act, 1957 give protection to consumer in order to achieve sustainable development focusingon interest approach. The application of interest approach within the statutory implied terms in the Malaysian Sale of Goods Act, 1957, largely in response to the necessity of every each individual to prot...

The idea of interest approach is one of the essential ideas that influence in environmental cooperation to achieve sustainable development. The application the idea of interest approach, within the Principle of Transboundary Liability, largely in response to the necessity of every each individual state to protect their rights and interests in order...

Malaysia merupakan salah sebuah negara yang begitu aktif di persada dunia dalam merealisasikan hasrat memulihara alam sekitar ke arah pembangunan mapan dengan menerimapakai undang-undang antarabangsa dalam pengurusan persekitaran di peringkat nasional. Malaysia juga begitu aktif dalam proses rundingan pembentukan dan penerimaan undang-undang antara...

The law of negligence plays an important role towards environment awareness and sustainability. The application on the law of negligence to the area of the environmental awareness and sustainability is largely in reply to the necessityof individual to protect hisiher interests and rights against pollution. Therefore, this study will examine the app...

Occupation Healthy and Safety Management (OSHAH) is one of the tool that can be use in voluntary way by the organization to overcome workers safety problems in the work place. For that reason, this paper work is done to see how the effects of OSHAH 18001:1999 implementation from the perspective of the benefits received by organizations which applie...

Co-curricular or extra-curricular activities are an integral part of knowledge in supporting students' generic skills development in order to become quality human capital. In general, the co-curricular activities in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Malaysia are of similar fields. However, the institutions have their own way to assess and eva...

Inland water is one of the components of the environment. The inland water is very precious to every single creature. Therefore, it is vital to take extra care to all of the environmental components, which includes the inland water. A good municipal management will ensure the inland water is maintained properly as well as a good protection of the p...

The law of tort on private nuisance plays an important role in protecting individuals from contaminated and polluted drinking water in order to safeguard safety. The use of the law of tort on private nuisance in the area of an individual's protection is largely in reply to the necessity of each individual to protect his rights and interests in cons...

Environmental awareness plays important role towards sustainable development. This can be done through the application on the principle of transboundary liability. The used of the principle of transboundary liability to the area of the environmental awareness, largely in response to the need of individuals to protect their rights and interests in p...

One of the important soft skills that have always been stressed by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education for the university students to acquire during their university's life is entrepreneurship skill. This soft skill should be an added value to students' academic qualification once they leave university to face the real world. However, there...

The study was carried out to analyze employees and students perception towards Occupational Safety and Health aspects (OSH) at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSK), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Selangor, Malaysia. Based on questionnaire technique, information was gathered from respondents about their knowledge, opinion, und...

Interest approach which concerns with costs and benefits would lead for environmental awareness that plays an important role in environmental sustainabihty by promoting the precautionary principle. The use of the precautionary principle to the area of environmental sustainability, largely in response to the necessity of every and each individual st...

The law of private nuisance plays an important role in environmental awareness towards sustainable development. The used of the law of private nuisance to the area of environmental awareness is largely in reply to the necessity of every each individual to protect their rights and interests in land from being polluted towards sustainable development...

Malaysia is a speedy developing country and now struggling to become a developed country with a first class infrastructural network. Towards the vision, various developments have been well planned especially in building construction sectors in order to fulfill the need of society and an organization. In the hasty stream of building construction whe...

One of the basic factors for continuous economic development in tropical areas is the availability of the water supply from the forest water catchment. Hydrological characteristics analysis is important to determine the availability of water which later influences the event of flash flood, surface flow velocity, base flow and underground water rete...

The aim of this paper is to record some observations made on issues faced in Malaysia in relation to the implementation of Facilities Management (FM), particularly in Building Maintenance (BM), with a special focus on the health and safety aspects of the building's occupation, and also to outline several proposals to help overcome the problems. Res...

Research and ethics are two words that will always link together. A good management is required to conduct a good research and a good research is the one that is highly-ethical. This study discusses the three types of research known are basic research, applied research and action research. There are several criteria that need to be met in order to...

The law of tort on private nuisance plays an important role in urban sustainability. The used of the law of tort on private nuisance to the area of urban sustainability, largely in response to the necessity of every each individual state to protect their rights and interests in order to safeguard the environment in urban area. Therefore, this study...

The management have to make sure the safety of the university's residential colleges at the highest level. Health and safety audit should be done frequently in order to reduce risks to staffs and residents in college. The implementation of health and safety audit in college also has to take into consideration the programme aspects like seminar, cam...

Globalization today has an impact on all aspects of life, especially in the business organization world. Introduction to various management systems, such as the Quality Management System (ISO 9001:2000), Environmental Management System (ISO 14001:2004) and Safety and Health Management System (OHSAS 18001:1999), has changed its direction and form of...

Basel Convention 1989 as one of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) focusing on the control of hazardous wastes has incorporated the principle of trans boundary liability through interest approach. The principle of trans boundary liability plays an essential role in the area of international environmental law and governance. The use of the...

The law of negligence plays an important role in protecting individual from polluted and contaminated bottled drinking water in order to achieve urban sustainability. The use of the law of negligence in the area of an individual's protection is largely in reply to the necessity of each individual to protect his rights and interests in consuming bot...

Kajian ini memfokuskan tentang kualiti hidup masyarkat Bandar Nilai dalam aspek aksesibiliti penduduk terhadap kemudahan yang disediakan berasaskan pandangan mereka terhadap kemudahan yang terdapat di kawasan tempat tinggal. Kemudahan yang dikaji ialah kemudahan ekonomi, kemudahan bekalan air dan elektrik, kemudahan telekomunikasi, perkhidmatan kes...

An aspect of occupational safety and health that may pose various occupational risks to Faculty of Social Science and Humanity (FSSK) students and staff stems from the work environment itself. Health and safety audit is a tool that can be carried out to identify the hazard in the workplace as well as to evaluate and estimate the risk of accidents....

Consumers take part in essential role in contributing to the development of the country's economy which include urban region as the result there are many conferences, symposiums and seminars which have been organised for the purpose to enhance the awareness on their rights. Therefore, this study will discuss on how the Malaysian statutory implied t...

This research studied students perception and awareness on occupational safety and health management in residential college. To achieve this objective, Ibrahim Yaakob College (KIY), University Kebangsaan Malaysia was chosen as a case study. Even though safety and health management aspects has been implemented through out the university, there are p...

Agenda 21 based on parts 19.1 and 19.11 highlighted that there are thousands of chemical substances in the world market, a lot of which emerge as poison and toxin in business goods, food and the variety of environmental medium especially in urban area. This has shown that chemical substances bestow awful impact to the environment which includes urb...

Climate change is a global issue that needs to be tackled by every individual, groups, organization and nations. With our current path of development, climate change seems inevitable. Mitigation measures and adaptation strategies need to be set up just to avoid any further destruction. As IPCC reported that current CO2 level is around 380ppm and wi...

Ever since people utilise natural resources, environmental quality started to deteriorate. One might ask, how does environmental quality deterioration affect human security? The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food that we consume is all related to the environment. Deterioration of the quality of these natural resources will affect human he...

It is a well-known fact that there is interaction between various components of the environment. The atmosphere, the lithosphere, the hydrosphere and the biosphere are interdependent of each other in a symbiotic manner. One component cannot function without the others. The inter-relationship between the various components is vital in the achievemen...

A city's quality of life often linked with its environment and the infrastructures provided in the city. There is an argument that if a city has a good quality of life, it is because of its environment and the infrastructures are good, high standard, sufficient and efficient. This study examined the quality of life status of Seremban, one of the in...

Ever since the existence of human beings slightly more than two million years ago, the natural environment has offered numerous settings for human beings to set-up their homes starting with physical natural shelters in caves to the modern settlements in megacities. The concentration of greater number of human beings in modern habitats in the form o...

Integrated Management System (IMS) is rather new in Malaysia compared to other country. The integration of Quality Management System (ISO 9001:2000), Environment Management System (ISO 14001:1996) and Occupational Health & Safety Management System (OHSAS 18000:1999) had produced a better and more dynamic model in management today. The problems face...

This study reports the environmental performance of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), who are already certified to the ISO 14001 standard in the United Kingdom. A survey questionnaire was used and 59 SMEs responded to this study. The results show that SMEs has gained various benefits from the implementation of the standard. The ISO 14001 i...

Increments of waste due to the industrial and domestic activities had raised the need for a more efficient and systematic waste management. Factors like costs, ineffective enforcement and lack of environmental awareness had resulted companies taking easy way out to manage their waste. ISO 14001 is one of the initiatives for organization in running...

The law of private nuisance plays an important role in the occupational safety, health and environmental management. The used of the law of private nuisance to the area of the occupational safety, health and environmental management is largely in reply to the necessity of every each employee to protect his or her rights and interests on the safety...

OHSAS's implementation 18001:1999 was one method used by organization to reduce accident at workplaces other than obtains other interest. This study aimed to be looking as far as OHSAS's implementation 18001:1999 having negative impact especially from current cost consumption aspect that management system implementation. As much as 26 organisations...