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An Evaluation Of Health And Safety Policy In The Public Service
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The benefit of the health and safety policy cannot be overemphasized in an economy characterized by underdevelopement
Poverty
,violence, threats, disease,corruptionetc Mortality and fatality rates
will be reduced and life expectancy will increase as many lives are
being lost to the various occupations people engage in ;Reduction in
negative trends: occupational diseases/injuries have negative effects on
workers, families and the country at large. Imagine the negative ripple
effect that will occur when a family’s breadwinner loses his or her
life in the course of work (OHS death/injury). Wives/husbands will be
widowed, children will be orphaned; such families begins to face untold
hardship. These negative effects will in turn affect the country
;Improved overall health index: OHS is another way of caring for the
public’s health. It’s a major aspect of public health protection and
promotion. People’s health and safety will be better protected at work
;It will add Nigeria to the league of countries practicing global
standards with regards to OHS. This will give international recognition
to Nigeria and enable her to assume the true leadership position she is
known for in Africa ;
It is however dishearthening to note that many
organization in public and private sector do not obverse health and
safety policy laws and programs
The current trend in Nigeria show
that many lives have gone due to harzards of fire and accident in the
factories, offices and work sites
Therefore the problem confronting
this research is to evaluate health and safety policy in the public
service.with a case study of the ondo state
Civil services
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTION
1 What is the nature of health and safety policy in the public service
2 What is the significance of health and safety policy
3 What are the challenges and limitations of health and safety policy
4 What is the nature and significance of health and safety policy in the ondo state civil service.
1.4 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
1 To determine the nature and significance of health and safety policy in the public service
2 To determine the challenges and limitations of health and safety policy
3 To determine the nature , significance and challenges of health and safety policy in the ondo state civil service
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The study shall profer a structural study on health and safety policy in the public service
It shall elucidates on the significance and determine the challenges .
It shall also serve as a veritable source of information to managers and institutions
1.6 STATEMENT OF THE HYPOTHESIS
1 Ho employee health and safety in ondo state civil service is low
Hi employee health and safety inondo state civil service is high
2 Ho Health and safety policy in ondo state civil service is not significant
HI Health and safety policy in ondo state civil service is significant
3 Ho effect of health and safety policy in ondo state civil service is low
Hi effect of health and safety policy in ondo state civil service is high
1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The
study focuses on the evaluation of health and safety policy in the
public service with a case study of the ondo state Civil service
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Occupational
Health as defined by the joint committee of the ILO/WHO (1950) is the
promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and
social well-being of workers in all occupation. It is further explained
as the sum total of all activities and programs that are engaged upon,
aiming to attain and maintain the highest level of health and safety for
all people who are engaged in any type of work whatever. It involves
the protection of workers’ health from any hazard to which they may be
exposed to in the work environment. It is a preventive and proactive
approach which involves risk assessment, hazard identification, hazard
mitigation, hazard elimination and treatment of work-related injuries.
HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY
health
and safety policy is a written statement by an employer stating the
company’s commitment for the protection of the health and safety of
employees and to the public. It is an endorsed commitment by management
to its employees regarding their health and safety.
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