Effective Safety and Health Management Policy for Improved Performance of Organizations in Africa

Akpan, E. I.

doi:10.5539/ijbm.v6n3p159

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“…The Labour, Safety, Health, and Welfare (LSHW) bill of 2012 was yet to be signed into law with far-reaching impact on safety consciousness in Nigeria (Umeokafor et al, 2014). Therefore, management in organizations operating in high risk areas can improve output quality by involving employees in the design and implementation of a suitable health and safety policy based on government regulations (Akpan, 2011). According to Kiani & Khodabakhsh (2013), there is a significant relationship between being conscious of safety and the type of physical and psychological disorders prevalent.…”

Section: Enforcement and Compliance Issuesmentioning

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Role of Government in Ensuring Safety Consciousness During Mineral Mining Activities in Nigeria

Emetumah

Okoye

2018

ESJ

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There are a lot safety issues bordering on events that are taking place in various mineral mining sites including destruction of lives, properties and environmental degradation which have been reported across Nigeria. These issues are further exacerbated because being aware of safety regulations and procedures does not necessarily imply that they will be adequately enforced or complied with. The study looked at the role of government in ensuring safety consciousness during mining activities in Nigeria, by identifying regulatory frameworks, enforcement and compliance issues as well as government mechanisms on safety during mining activities. Reviewed literature showed that there is no holistic regulatory framework on safety management; enforcement and compliance of safety regulations is plagued by corruption and ineptness. Safety issues were usually at the discretion of mining companies and implementing existing safety regulations was challenging and ineffective. The study concluded that the success or failure of government actions is vital in ensuring safety consciousness during mining activities in Nigeria. The study recommends a more comprehensive evaluation of environmental and safety consciousness during mining activities among others.

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Section: Enforcement and Compliance Issuesmentioning

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Role of Government in Ensuring Safety Consciousness During Mineral Mining Activities in Nigeria

Emetumah

Okoye

2018

ESJ

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“…Dengan kata lain, partisipasi karyawan merupakan faktor penting dalam meningkatkan kinerja keselamatan dan kesehatan kerja. Kinerja keselamatan dan kesehatan kerja yang efektif dapat dilakukan melalu partisispasi karyawan terkait kesadaran karyawan akan pentingnya keselamatan dan kesehatan di tempat kerja (Smith, 1994;Tint, 2006;Serrette, 2001;Lyon, 2005;Akpan, 2011;Zubbar, 2014). Serta mematuhi setiap peraturan dan kebijakan terkait keselamatan dan kesehatan kerja yang telah ditetapkan.…”

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Pengaruh Partisipasi Karyawan Terhadap Kinerja Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja Rumah Sakit (K3RS) Santo Borromeus

Winarti¹,

Talim²

2018

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Occupational safety and health is an effort to provide safety assurance and improve the health of workers by prevention of occupational accidents and diseases, hazards in the workplace, health promotion, treatment and rehabilitation. Hospitals have a variety of potential hazards, therefore Hospital is required to implement safety and health efforts through the implementation of safety and health management work carried out in an integrated and comprehensive. Employee participation is an important factor in improving safety and health performance.This study aims to determine and analyze the extent of the influence of employee participation on the performance of occupational safety and health of Hospital Santo Borromeus. This type of research is a survey study, supported by the spread of questionnaires as a means of data collection. The research method used is a mix method with descriptive analysis technique. Other research data were obtained from interviews, observations, and document studies. This study was restricted to the Laboratory unit and the Central Sterilization Supply Department (CSSD) unit of Santo Borromeus Hospital. The results showed that employee participation has a significant influence on the performance of occupational safety and health of Santo Borromeus Hospital with total influence of 31.2%. And based on the result of correlation analysis, the type of work accident has a significant influence on job position, this is proved by significance value <0,05.

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“…Safety is freedom from the occurrence of risk, injury or loss (Akpan, 2011). Accident, in the other hand, is an unexpected event which occurs suddenly and may lead to human injury, loss of production hours, disease, permanent disability or death (Burns, 2006).…”

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Enhanced Proactive Planning Approach: A Crucial to an Improved Workers’ Safety in Western Nigeria Small Scale Industry

Adeyemi¹,

Akinyemi²,

Musa³

et al. 2016

TRANSACTIONS of the VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Safety Engineering Series

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Abstract:This study evaluated managements' proactive planning approach (PPA) to enhance safety among workers in South-western Nigeria small scale industry (SSI). The main objective was to rate the managements' efforts at eliminating risk among their employees. By worker participatory and psychological survey approach, three tools were used; workplace observation (visual), management safety culture (questionnaire) and managers interviews (oral). The survey included 200 workers, 120 supervisors and 80 managers, in 82 SSI. Four steps to a safety proactive action plans (PAP), (looking for clues, prioritization of identifi ed potential hazard, making improvements to eliminate the risk and follow up), were rated by employees on a scale from 0 to 5. Paired t-test was used to appraise the signifi cant difference between the managers' mean scores rated by the supervisors and other workers. 77.1% of workers and 64.2% supervisors rated their managers as either "not done at all" or "poorly done". Workers' scores for managers PPA had statistically signifi cantly lower ratings (mean = 1.09, SEM = 0.22) compared to that of the supervisors rating (mean = 1.55, SEM = 0.32), with t (14) = -1.185, p = 0.784. There is a closed poor performance perception gaps, of managers' PPA, of the two groups of employees. It can be concluded that safety is not emphasized, by managers of SSI, as overriding priority and this may have contributed to high reported injuries among their workforce. Courses to enhance managements' understanding for inclusion of safety among the leading priorities becomes necessary. This will reduce work-related risks and promotes occupational safety and health among the group of workers.

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Effective Safety and Health Management Policy for Improved Performance of Organizations in Africa

Cited by 32 publications

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Role of Government in Ensuring Safety Consciousness During Mineral Mining Activities in Nigeria

Role of Government in Ensuring Safety Consciousness During Mineral Mining Activities in Nigeria

Pengaruh Partisipasi Karyawan Terhadap Kinerja Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja Rumah Sakit (K3RS) Santo Borromeus

Enhanced Proactive Planning Approach: A Crucial to an Improved Workers’ Safety in Western Nigeria Small Scale Industry

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