Guidelines for Waste Collecting Workers Safety In Bangkok Metropolitan Area

The objectives of this research were to study waste collecting workers safety in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area (BMA) and to develop guidelines for working safety of those workers. The study method was conducted by both quantitative and qualitative research. In quantitative research, questionnaires were used for collecting data from 370 samples of workers from 50 districts of BMA. In qualitative research, on the other hand, 12 heads of public cleaning and public park sections and 12 workers from the same districts were chosen for the focus group so that the total number of this process were 24 samples. The results of this study showed that the satisfactory level in working safety of workers as a whole was at medium level ( x = 2.95). When considered by each item including personal aspects, environmental aspects, and mechanical equipment of waste collecting vehicle aspects, all of them were at medium level as well ( x = 3.24, 3.10 and 2.52 respectively). The important and urgent guidelines for working safety of the waste collecting workers in BMA were as follows: initiate an annual health checkup project for workers, provide first aid kits for waste collecting
vehicles, provide personal protective equipment to each worker, design standing spaces on the vehicle for safety, and position waste collection points to safe places to protect workers from any of road accidents.

Credit :  สุนันทา คัมภีระ // อาณัติ ต๊ะปินตา

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