The relationship between fatigue factors, job factors and environmental factors towards commuting accidents among nurses in Hospital Banting Selangor

Commuting accidents are accidents occurring while travelling to or return from workplace was constantly increased from time to time and becoming a worldwide safety and occupational health issue. In Malaysia, the increasing number of commuting accidents among healthcare workers is alarming. Nurses contributed significantly to these causalities (53%), followed by hospital attendants (17%), medical officer and assistant medical officer, respectively, 6 percent. Studies have demonstrated that few risk factors are associated with commuting accident among
nurses including fatigue factor as measured by work–rest scheduling and workload, job factor as measured by distance traversed and working shift and environmental factor as measured by geographical weather and traffic volume. The aims of the study is to examine the relationship between fatigue factor, job factor, environmental factor and commuting accident to or return from workplace among nurses also to
determine the factor of the highest degree for contributing towards commuting accident to or return from workplace among nurses. A quantitative study, investigating 113 registered nurses in Hospital Banting Selangor. This is a cross
sectional descriptive study with data collected from the registered nurses through completion of The Survey of Commuting Accident to or Return from Workplace.
Data analysis showed there is positive low relationship between fatigue factor and commuting accident to or return from workplace among nurses (r = 0.445), there is a
positive moderate relationship between job factor and commuting accident to or return from workplace among nurses (r= 0.560) and there is a positive moderate relationship between the environmental factor and commuting accident to or return from workplace among nurses (r=0.650). The most significant factor on commuting accident was environmental factor with the highest degree of significant value (pvalue
= 0.000). As such, it is timely that proactive actions be taken by employers to educate their employees, their most valuable assets, on safe commuting management involving safety awareness and effective implementation.