Effect of occupational health and safety practices on performance of building construction industry in Nigeria
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.64171/JSRD.5.1.41-50Keywords:
Risk control, Hazard identification, Occupational health, Safety practicesAbstract
The study evaluated the effect of occupational health and safety practices on performance of building construction industry in Nigeria. The specific objectives were to: evaluate the effect of hazard identification on quality reinforcement of building construction industry in Nigeria and ascertain the effect of risk control on prompt delivery of building construction industry in Nigeria. Study area was Nigeria. The research design of the study was descriptive survey design. The study used structured questionnaire to obtain data. The population of the study comprised of 103,000 staff of selected construction firms in Nigeria. Simple random technique was used to select four construction firms namely: Reynolds Construction Company, Costain West Africa, Julius Berger Nigeria and Setraco Nigeria Limited. The sample size of 383 respondents was drawn from population of the study using Freund and Williams sampling technique. Research questions were answered using frequency, mean and standard deviation. The hypotheses stated were tested using Chi-square method. The empirical results showed that hazard identification has significant effect on quality reinforcement of building construction industry in Nigeria (Chi-square: 29.917 > Critical-value: 0.000) and risk control has significant effect on prompt delivery of building construction industry in Nigeria (Chi-square: 102.414 > Critical-value: 0.000). The study recommended that management of building construction industry in Nigeria should provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to every field staff according to legislation and standards or best practice.
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