IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

International Journal of Engineering and Modern Technology (IJEMT )

E-ISSN 2504-8848
P-ISSN 2695-2149
VOL. 8 NO. 1 2022

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Knowledge and Practice of Occupational Hazard Control among Building Construction Workers in Port Harcourt Metropolis of Rivers State

AMADI PRECIOUS FRIDAY & CHIBUZOR CHIKA

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Abstract

This study investigated the knowledge and practice of occupational hazard control among construction workers in Port Harcourt metropolis of Rivers State. Nine research questions and six hypotheses were formulated to achieve the aim of the study. The population for the study comprised of all the construction workers in all the building construction sites in Port Harcourt metropolis in Rivers State. A descriptive cross- sectional survey design was adopted as the research design for this study. A multistage sampling procedure was adopted to select a sample of 500 for the study. The instrument for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.90. Data collected was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. Statistical tools such as percentage, Pearson’s correlation, binary logistic regression and Chi-square were used for relevant variables. The findings of the study showed that 70.2% of the respondents had good knowledge of occupational hazard control. The findings on the practice of occupational hazard control showed that majority (92.2%) of the respondents always keep working material and equipment in good condition and more than three quarter (79.7%) always maintain good housekeeping, more than half (56.8%) use protective materials sometimes, 52.7% rarely use mask while mixing or demolishing and 55.3% always wear foot protection. Educational background was found to have a moderately negative relationship with both knowledge and practice of occupational hazard control. On bivariate analysis the study shows educational background has statistically significant relationship with knowledge of hazard control (X2= 133.660, df= 3, P=0.000) and practice (X2= 138.534, df= 3, p = 0.000). Age was also found to have statistically significant (p<0.05) relationship with both knowledge and practice. It was concluded that workers on construction sites have good knowledge and good practice of

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