Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 22 – 24, 2011 Factors Affect Safety and Health Behavior of Logistics Workers in Malaysia: A Conceptual Framework Au Yong Hui Nee Suhaiza Hanim Mohamad Zailani Lilis Surienty Abdul Talib School of Management Universiti Sains Malaysia 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia ABSTRACT Workers in the logistics industry suffer high rate of occupational accidents as reflected in considerable share of occupational fatalities and lost-time injuries. Workers should be integrated into the management plans so as to yield the benefits of high efficiency workforce. This paper discusses the current safety and health status of the logistics industry. Previous studies of the organizational psychology have been developed to test factors influencing the acceptance of information technology. Similarly, while safety climate has been studied in numerous industrial settings, few studies limited attention has been given to the logistics sector. In the background of limited previous studies focused for injuries and fatalities in the logistics sector, the current studies will try to extend the findings in relation to the application of Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB). This paper proposes the decomposed theory of planned behavior to explain the relationship between safety behavior and performance. This paper provides a framework that identifies the factors affect safety performance. The framework will be tested empirically using data collected from logistics companies in Malaysia. Keywords Occupational Safety and Health, Safety Behavior, Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior, Logistics and Accident. 1. Introduction Logistics services span over sea, air, road and rail transport, and involve various services areas, including facilitation services, distribution, integrated services and business support services. In 2008, the transport and storage industry has contributed 8.4% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Malaysia. According to the Labor Force Survey, by second half of 2008, they were 11.1224 million employed persons. The number of employed persons data show that the manufacturing sector employs 1.9576 million persons (17.6%), construction sector employs 1.0142 million persons (9.1%) and Transport, Storage and Communications sector employs 0.5337 million persons (5.1%) of the work force. The Occupational Safety and Health (OS&H) policy framework includes regulations enacted in response to the need to counterbalance the negative effects of the industrial revolution. With emergence of industry activities, Factories and Machinery Act (FMA) 1967 was enacted to protect workers working with machineries. The major policy concerning OS&H was Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) 1994 formulated that includes a general duty for employers. The Ministry of Human Resources was quoted in the Harian Metro that there were 55,208 workplace accidents reported in 2009, where 20,814 cases happened during commuting to or from workplace, and 35,394 cases happened at the workplace [1]. There is a declining trend but the OS&H level need to be further improved to be on par with advanced nation and more need to do to curb occupational diseases. The Deputy Ministry of Human Resources was quoted in the New Straits Times that there were 669 occupational disease cases recorded in 2009, most of the cases 1225