**4. The importance of addressing safety and health issues in the P-hailing sector**

Occupational health and safety are concerned with ensuring and providing a safe environment for all employees at a workplace. Research pertaining to occupational safety and health provides valuable input to the government in laying down the

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required focus and priorities for carrying out enforcement activities, developing and promoting a standard to employers in certain sectors to reduce the rate of accidents. The compliance with OSH-related legislations also enables to contribute the sustainability of the industry's competitiveness by optimizing safe and healthy manpower besides decent working environment.

Based on past studies, food and parcel delivery riders reported experiencing several OSH issues namely occupational stress, health risk, and burnout [9, 11, 26] that were positively associated with the number of motor vehicle accidents. As food and parcel delivery nowadays experience a massive demand that contributes to the profit growth of the delivery business, it is important for the stakeholders to seriously address OSH issues within the sectors.
