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Exposure Work Commuting: Case Study among Commuting Accidents in Klang Valley, Malaysia



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Nurulhuda Binti Jamaluddin, Ho Jen Sim, Akmalia Shabadin, Nusayba Megat Johari and Wahida Ameer Batcha

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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2015.01.006

Traffic accidents caused the most accidental deaths at work in Malaysia. The SOCSO (Social Security Organization) reported that the number of deaths due to commuting accidents was 760, nearly two times more than deaths caused by accidents that happened at the workplace (471 deaths). The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship of socio-demographic background and the risk exposure of the drivers during their work commuting trips. The study was based on compensation claims to SOCSO where data were extracted from “Form 21” provided by SOCSO. A total of 377 respondents were selected through systematic random sampling method from a list of SOCSO claimants. It was found that majority of the traffic accidents (83%) involved males and most of them (92.2%) were on motorcycles. Male drivers have an average driving experience of 10.7 years and 8.6 years for females. The estimation of the travelled distance for the sample from home to the workplace is 0.65~131 km. Mean accident occurrence time was 23 min whilst mean distance was 11.6 km. The multiple regression analysis showed that the accident distance was affected by the age of driver, actual travel distance, travel objective and speed.

Commuting accident, gender, age, exposure