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Occupational Safety And Health Hazards Among Employees
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Workplace to keep work as
safe and healthy as possible. Some jobs are, by their very nature,
extremely hazardous. Jobs with numerous occupational hazards often
provide better pay for their employees, in recognition of the danger,
and they are also usually charged higher races for insurance, because
underwriters recognize that the chance of paying out on that insurance
is much higher. Occupational hazards may lead to illness, injury, or
death. They can include physical risks like falls and exposures to heavy
machinery, sharp or glass object cut, along with psychological ones
such as stress. Occupational hazards like exposure to chemical,
biological, as well as radiological agents are also a concern. In people
who work jobs with at recognized occupational safety hazard, special
training is often provided so the It people are made aware of the
hazard.
1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
In our country employers
have a very negative approach towards the employees as they are often
seen labourers in Nigeria whom they should treat like slaves. Their job
is such that they face plenty of health problems. The main health
problems faced by the manufacturing workers or employees are all sorts
of physical problems like Cardiac diseases, High blood pressure,
Hypertension, Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, Fatigue, Obesity, Varicose
veins, Dehydration, Sunstrokes, Aging as they work all day. They also
face sunstrokes, joint pains, scull skeletal disorders (MSD) as well as
emission of waste chemicals or gases due to prolonged hours of work and
less physical activity and many other problems. Looking at such a huge
list of health problems some strict measures should be taken to avoid
such problems. Possible remedies like sitting in a correct posture,
medication for high resistance power, etc. so that they too can have
healthy work conditions at ida healthy and happy life after all they
sacrifice their family life and health for our nation.
1.2 RESEARCH QUESTION
1. What are the occupational hazards affecting factory workers?
2. What are the impacts of occupational hazards on the psychological well-being of factory workers?
3. How efficient and effective are factory workers in the factory with some hazard they encountered in the work place?
4.
What are the various responses or reaction to occupational hazard in
terms of their levels of job satisfaction, commitment and compliance?
5. What are the various things that determine job satisfaction even with the hazard experienced in the factory?
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the study are to:
1. To inquire the various occupational hazards affecting factory workers.
2.
To examine the impact of occupational hazard on psychological
well-being of factory workers behavior (job satisfaction, commitment and
compliance).
3. To ascertain the impact of job satisfaction on the efficiency of factory workers.
4.
To determine various response or reaction to occupational hazard in
terms of job satisfaction, commitment and compliance.
5. Make plausible recommendations on the effective ways of ameliorating occupational hazards among factory workers.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research project tends to examine Occupational Safety and Health Hazards among Employees of Beta Glass Plc Agbara Industrial Estate, Ogun State.Survey design was employed with the use of a well structured questionnaire. Respondents were selected based on simple random sampling technique. Sample size of Eighty (80) respondents were selected from the staff of Beta Glass Plc.Three hypotheses were formulated and tested with the use of Chi-Square analysis. The analysis resulted to rejecting all ... Continue reading---
