The Effect of Occupational Health and Safety and Work Environment on Employee Performance at the Fire Department in Makassar

Abstract

This study aims to determine the positive and significant effect of occupational health and safety and the work environment on employee performance partially and simultaneously. This research is quantitative research. The population in this study were firefighters at the Makassar City Fire Department. The sample in this study was 60 people. Data collection techniques were carried out by means of observation, questionnaires, interviews and documentation. The data used are primary data and secondary data. The data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression. The results of the study after the data were processed using SPSS.19 showed that there was a positive and significant effect between the Occupational Health and Safety (X1) and Work Environment (X2) variables on Employee Performance (Y), which can be shown by the multiple regression equation, namely: Y = 7.509 + 0.472 (X1) + 0.368 (X2) for occupational health and safety has a significance of 0.00 < 0.05 and the t count value is 5.162 > t table 1.671. and for the work environment it has a significance of 0.00 < 0.05 and the value of t count is 3.912 > t table 1.671. as for R Square of 0.693 or equal to 69.3%. While the rest is influenced by other variables outside this regression equation or other variables not examined. Based on this description, it can be concluded that occupational health and safety has a positive and significant effect on employee performance at the Makassar City Fire Department.