CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 INTRODUCTION

Safety in the workshop means having an environment free from injury and
hazard. It is a subject to a number of various risk assessments and safe codes of
working practices which have to be observed all the times. Instituting proper
procedures and ensuring a safe environment will allow students to work without
worrying about their safety. Workshop safety is one of the importance aspect. That’s
exactly why this safety resources have been recreated, to encourage and promote
safe and efficient working practices in any workshop. Many workshop safety
guidelines are written based on experience especially when things have gone badly
wrong. Mostly, the rules and regulations are create by the government. But, much
of the safety precautions come down to each individual students. Lectures can’t be
available at all times for supervision and for this reason; responsibility ultimately
falls to the individual. In the workshop however, it’s important to take your time not
only for safety reasons, but also to avoid wasting samples, money and time. It is
essential for every student to keep awareness every time or whenever they in
workshop area.

Safety in this area is a major importance and it is imperative that safe working
practices are observed all the times. Failure to observe safety rules will result in that
individual losing the privilege to work in the craft room. Safety deals with acute
hazard, whereas health deals with chronic hazards. Many craft room accidents and
problems are accountable to haste. An acute effect is sudden reaction to a severe
condition; a chronic effect is a long-term deterioration due to a prolonged exposure
to a milder adverse condition.
 Any type of incidents might happens if people did not know how to practice the
safety practice when they are in the workshop. There are some rules that students
need to practice in workshop to ensure their safety. The students need to follow the
Standard Operating System like all loose clothing must be tucked in, safety boot, or
enclosed shoes must be worn in the workshop. Next, when exciting the workshop it
is essential to check that any tools that have been using have been put away in the
appropriates spots, cleaned up the work area and notify the workshop stuff. Do not
enter under any circumstances without this footwear, there are no exceptions to this
rules. Long hair has to be tied up including fringes and remove rings and loose
jewellery before operating machinery they can be a hazard.

All the student must aware about all this kind of safety practice in order to create
a safety environment place so that any incidents are automatically prevented. They
need to be exposed to the safety practice and increase their knowledge about safety
because it is important to them.
1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT

According to the observations, there are many types of problem that is occur in
the workshop. One of the problem is, there are a lack of awareness of safety practice
in the workshop. Some of the students are not wearing the safety clothes that they
are supposed to wear. During the safety practice, student did not know the level of
safety that they should done in the workshop. They are also did not practice the
safety practice that they are taught to avoid any incidents that might occur.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF STUDY

The objectives of this study are:

a) To determine the level of safety awareness and safety practice among the
students
b) To prevent any type of incidents that might be happens while students in the
workshop.

1.4 SCOPE OF STUDY

This study is conducted at Carpentry Workshop in Civil Engineering

Department, Polytechnics Merlimau, Melaka. The respondents will be taken
from semester 1 because they are register this course which is the Carpentry
Workshop in subject DCC 1032 Plumbing and Carpentry Workshop. They are
consist of 62 students, separately in two class. To achieve the data, a
questionnaire will be given to them. From this questionnaire, the result is
representing the percentage of data by every statement. The student will fill the
questionnaire in google form by only clicking a Uniform Resource Locator
(URL) that had been sent to the student.
1.5 IMPORTANCE OF STUDY

Workshop safety is everyone’s responsibility, the rules have been put in place
to ensure the safety of all students and staff. It is essential to make sure the
workplace is safe. This study is aim to determine the level of awareness among the
students to cover knowledge of the rules and the Standard Operating Procedure
(S.O.P), in order to create a set safe work. By the current activities, especially in
learning, with a safety practice as culture, it can prevent any type of accident that
might occur in the workshop. Then, through the lecturers or supervisor in the
workshop, they will be emphasizes students of the things that they less understand
by giving them a right way to practices the safety practices.