BENEFIT OF OHS TRAINING PROGRAMS ON WORKERS KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS HEALTH AND SAFETY. A CASE STUDY INTO THE GHANA OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24867/29HZ01AmonjuKeywords:
Occupational Health and Safety, oil and gas, Incidence, Injuries and Disease preventionAbstract
This study explored the benefit of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) training programs on workers knowledge, attitude and behaviour towards health and safety, in the Ghanaian oil and gas workspace. Through a convenience sampling techniques, three major oil and gas companies, which operate in the entire length of the petroleum sector, upstream, mid-stream and downstream, were selected for the study. The specific objectives, which guided the study, were to examine the knowledge level, attitude and behaviour of workers towards health and safety at their working environment and ascertain the impact of occupational health and safety training to incidence prevention and impact on injuries and disease prevention. A descriptive analysis was used to measure the central tendency, dispersion and variability of responses or data collected. The study established a significant knowledge and positive attitude of workers towards OHS and have a homogeneous appreciation of their workplace safety situation.
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