A survey on occupational safety and health awareness among school teachers in Kelantan, Malaysia

Nowadays, more accident cases reported in school cause not only injuries, but also deaths. This indicates that the importance of safety and health measures in school should be exposed not only to students but most importantly to teachers who will be guiding and providing safety and health culture in school. This paper is based on the study that was motivated by the increasing reports of accidents in school. The objective of the study was to measure the understanding regarding safety and health among school teachers in Kelantan by distributing questionnaires consist of ten District Education Offices (PPD) in Kelantan, Malaysia. The results show that most of the respondents understand about safety and health matters with the importance of implementing safety and health in school. In conclusion, further study on workplace assessment need to be conducted at school to identify the implementation of safety and health among school community.