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Knowledge And Practice Of Occupational Safety Among Workers In Jalingo Bakery, Taraba State
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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
study aims at enabling organizations to entrench s principles in a way
that will reduce the large numbers of serious and fatal accidents and
cases of which occur eve year in the construction Industry.
There are
many organizations with many workers in their employ, yet maintaining
little or haphazard attention to safety program. They may see such
program as a wasteful venture without considering the negative cost
implications of such perception. This Research revealed that greater
percentage of organizational success is based on the maintenance of
effective safety management system. Therefore, to enable management
reduce hazards, accidents and effect of disasters in the work place, in
order to reduce costs associated with unsafe work environment in
organizations, recommendations will be made in this study which will
help management develop a safe place of work and effective safety policy
and ensure its effective implementation within the organization.
Also,
it would enable employers and employees know their rights and
responsibility within the workplace in relations to safety management.
Therefore,
the findings of this study will be of significant to policy makers
especially government and its agencies in charge of labor administration
and productivity in Nigeria. Besides, the study will be relevant to
organization development and change agent who may conduct similar
studies in the future on safety management and on how it should be
effectively managed.
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This study will be focused
on assessing the knowledge and practice of occupational safety among
workers. Furthermore, it will be specifically be focused on examining
the extent of awareness of workers about the knowledge and practice of
occupational safety, examining the various factors that may
affect/influence employee health and safety hazard in the workplace,
investigating the extent to which workers comply to the laid down
occupational safety and health measures and examining the factors that
influence workers poor compliance to occupational safety and health
measures.
Staff of Jalingo bakery, Taraba State will serve as enrolled participants for this study.
LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
This
study will be limited to assessing the knowledge and practice of
occupational safety among workers. Furthermore, it will be specifically
limited to examining the extent of awareness of workers about the
knowledge and practice of occupational safety, examining the various
factors that may affect/influence employee health and safety hazard in
the workplace, investigating the extent to which workers comply to the
laid down occupational safety and health measures and examining the
factors that influence workers poor compliance to occupational safety
and health measures.
This study will be limited to Jalingo bakery,
Taraba State will serve as enrolled participants for this study thus
further research is needed if this study is to be used else where.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Knowledge:
facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or
education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.
Occupational
safety: occupational safety and health: this can be said to be a
multidisciplinry field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare
workers.
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