Industrial Accident and Safety Hazards at the Workplace: A Spatio-Physical Workplace Approach

Animashaun, Oyesola; Odeku, Kola O.

doi:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n20p2949

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“…These hazards also constitute significant risk in work environment. These findings corroborated with results of similar studies [1,[6][7]12,[31][32].…”

Section: Identification Of Safety Hazards In the Chisupporting

confidence: 92%

“…The surrounding work environment of any organization is made up of factors that directly or indirectly influence the behaviour of workers. It positively or negatively affects the safety of workers; however, the workplace environment is often overlooked in Nigeria [1]. The presence of hazards in any work environment is a potential source of danger with the likelihood of causing harm to workers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The Chemical Industry (CHI) has been associated with an increasing risk of accidents due to these various hazards [9][10]. Most of these workplace hazards pose serious threats to workers [1]. Workplace hazards can result in fatal accidents, damage to machines and equipment and loss of productivity [1,11].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Most of these workplace hazards pose serious threats to workers [1]. Workplace hazards can result in fatal accidents, damage to machines and equipment and loss of productivity [1,11]. Such industrial accidents with adverse consequences can result in fatalities and disabilities [7,11].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Identification of Industrial Hazards and Assessment of Safety Measures in the Chemical Industry, Nigeria Using Proportional Importance Index

Afube

Nwaogazie

2019

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Proper identification of hazards and creation of a safe working environment is a major challenge faced by management of many industries today. Hazard assessment is thus carried out in workplaces to identify dangerous events and conditions that may lead to accidents in the industries. This study, which was carried out in both a petrochemical and an oil refining companies of Nigeria, identified industrial hazards and assessed safety measures in the Chemical Industry (CHI) of Nigeria. A well-structured questionnaire instrument was used for data collection. The study was carried out amongst technical staff and management staff of the chemical industry whose day-to-day duty is such that they are exposed to one form of hazard or the other in the industry. The questionnaire was administered to 96 technical staff and management staff in the CHI out of which 84 (88%) were completed and returned. The study focused on types of hazards, hazards and risk awareness, implementation of control measures and effectiveness of safety hazards and risk management programmes in the chemical industry of Nigeria. Modified Proportional Importance Index (PII) and a four-point Likert scale were adopted in data analysis. Results revealed that loud noise (PII = 3.2; respondents = 92%), working at heights (with PII = 3.1; respondents = 89%) machines and equipment vibration (PII = 3.0; respondents = 87%), high voltage areas (PII = 2.9; respondents = 84%) and chemical spills (PII = 2.5; respondents = 55%) are the most high ranking hazards in the chemical industry. A high level of safety hazard awareness was found among workers in the industry (p < 0.05, 95%Cl.; PII = 3.1 - 3.5). The outcome of the intervention showed that Chemical Industry Number 1 (CHI-1) improved from 87.90% to 98.09%, Chemical Industry Number 2 (CHI-2) improved from 81.53% to 95.54% on worker’s knowledge on the identification and assessment of hazards and risk in the chemical industries. These hazards pose threats to the safety of workers and should be effectively controlled to reduce associated risks to as Low as Reasonably and Practically Achievable (ALARPA).

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“…These hazards also constitute significant risk in work environment. These findings corroborated with results of similar studies [1,[6][7]12,[31][32].…”

Section: Identification Of Safety Hazards In the Chisupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2019

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“…Furthermore, an adequate risk evaluation technique depends on a progression of stages, including recognizing dangers, appraising the degree of the threat, deciding the technique to adapt in decreasing the threat and accessing the effectiveness of the entire stages of risk assessment (Bankole & Ibrahim, 2012). The two kinds of risk assessment are quantitative and qualitative (Odeku, 2014). Quantitative evaluation is a direct risk evaluation based on data obtained from the workplace, while qualitative is based on the judgment of the efficacy of the risk.…”

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The mediating effect of job satisfaction on health and safety policy management and employee productivity in manufacturing firms

Morgan

Emu

Amadi

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Problems and Perspectives in Management

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The study investigated the mediating effect of job satisfaction on health and safety policy management and employee productivity in manufacturing firms in Nigeria. For the study, a quantitative analytical method was adopted, including a descriptive survey. To obtain data for the study, a questionnaire instrument was constructed and distributed among 950 sampled respondents in selected manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The descriptive statistics was deployed in the data analysis, while the multiple regression analysis was used to test the study hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The mediating effect of job satisfaction on health and safety policy management and employee productivity relationship was confirmed using the Sobel test with the aid of MedGraph. The results showed that hazard prevention and control policy have a significant positive effect on employee productivity. Risk assessment policy have a significant positive effect on employee productivity. Also, job satisfaction has a significant positive mediating effect on the health and safety policy management and employee productivity relationship. Therefore, manufacturing firms should take appropriate measures to prevent and control hazards and provide effective risk assessments to improve health and safety policy management. AcknowledgmentsThe authors express gratitude to anonymous reviewers, the journal editor and all the authors whose work were used in this study. The authors are grateful to the management of manufacturing firms included in the study for having given approval for the administration of the questionnaire instrument, and the survey respondents for providing their views on the issues raised in the questionnaire instrument on health and safety policy management (hazard prevention and control policy and risk assessment policy), employee productivity and job satisfaction.

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Working Conditions as a Predictor of Employees’ Well-Being in Selected Broadcasting Organisations in Southwestern Nigeria

Ogunola

2024

TAZKIYA

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The study examined the predictability of working conditions on the well-being of employees of selected broadcasting organisations in Southwestern Nigeria. It also assessed the differences in the well-being of these employees based on their form of ownership. A research questionnaire comprising of standardized instruments: the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire and the Work and Well-being Outcome Scale were used to generate data from the respondents. A sample of 412 employees in the eleven selected broadcasting organisations participated in the study. This study made use of both descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequencies, means, multiple regression, least squared difference, and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to analyse data. The results indicated that working conditions which is a compendium of various organizational factors within the selected broadcasting organizations significantly predicted employees’ well-being of the selected organizations. Differences were also found in the well-being of employees of federal, state, and privately-owned broadcasting organisations as these employees are exposed to different physical and psychosocial work environments based on the level of structure and organization of tasks, activities, and the physical and human resources available to these organizations. The study concluded that having pleasant working conditions can play a crucial role in the retention of satisfied and loyal employees and the promotion of their all-round well-being.

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Industrial Accident and Safety Hazards at the Workplace: A Spatio-Physical Workplace Approach

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Identification of Industrial Hazards and Assessment of Safety Measures in the Chemical Industry, Nigeria Using Proportional Importance Index

Identification of Industrial Hazards and Assessment of Safety Measures in the Chemical Industry, Nigeria Using Proportional Importance Index

The mediating effect of job satisfaction on health and safety policy management and employee productivity in manufacturing firms

Working Conditions as a Predictor of Employees’ Well-Being in Selected Broadcasting Organisations in Southwestern Nigeria

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