Review Article

Occupational Disease and Injury in Malaysia: A Thematic Review of Literature from 2016 to 2021

Table 4

Cross-tabulation of the main health problem theme with the explanatory themes according to the number of articles.

Explanatory themesMain health problems
MHInfectionWRMSDsInjuryRCVDsHPs

Year of publication
 20161522232
 20172762111
 201825612
 201963543
 2020947242
 20219423
Main hazard
 Physical28113
 Biology282
 Psychosocial29
 Chemical1121
 Ergonomic5
Nationality of the worker
 Malaysian271726111263
 Non-Malaysian21123
Working sector
 Public20315356
 Private925131173
Workplace
 Abattoir11
 Animal shelter1
 Clinic111
 Factory34153
 Farm1311
 Food stall2
 Forest111
 Higher education14
 Hospital1535311
 Municipal1111
 Office1212
 Palm oil plantation23
 Road23
 School341
 Site11
 Sport centre2
 Tea plantation1
 Tyre shop1
 Wet market2
Occupation
 Construction worker1
 Firefighter and policeman31
 Tea plucker1
 Tyre shop1
 Wet market worker2
 Animal slaughter11
 Army recruit11
 Athletes2
 Commercial vehicle driver1
 Dog handler1
 Domestic waste collector1
 Employee (not specified)2
 Factory worker33143
 Farmer511
 Food handler2
 Forestry worker1
 G7 class of contractor1
 General worker2211
 Hand-held grass-cutting worker2
 Healthcare worker1546313
 Landscape worker1
 Office worker1311
 Palm oil plantation worker83
 Railway worker1
 Rubber tapper1
 Sex worker1
 Teacher341
 University staff13
 Welder11
Main job title classification (MASCO 2020)
 Group 1: managers and senior officials1
 Group 2: professionals101721
 Group 3: associate professional and technical officers4
 Group 4: administration and secretarial occupations311
 Group 5: personal service occupations2132
 Group 6: skilled agricultural, forestry, livestock, and fishery workers10131
 Group 7: craft and related trade workers14
 Group 8: plant and machine operators and assemblers212343
 Group 9: elementary occupations39431
 Group 0: armed forces11
Industry classification (MSIC 2008)
 A: agriculture, forestry, and fishing10161
 C: manufacturing35153
 E: water supply; sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities1311
 F: construction11
 G: wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles1
 H: transportation and storage11
 I: accommodation and food service activities4
 O: public administration and defense; compulsory social security11442
 P: education461
 Q: human health and social work activities1546313
 R: arts, entertainment and recreation12

Mental health (MH), work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs), respiratory problems (R), cardiovascular disease risks (CVDs), and hearing problems (HPs).