IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EVALUATION AND PHYSICAL REPORT (IJMEPR )

E-ISSN 2579-0498
P-ISSN 2695-2181
VOL. 8 NO. 1 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/ijmepr.v8.no1.2024.pg34.52

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Occupational Hazards and Safety Practices Among Brewery Workers in Rivers State, Nigeria

Goodluck Azuonwu & Onyije, Gracious Ifeoma

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Abstract

The study focused on the occupational hazards and safety practices among brewery workers in Rivers State. Six specific objectives, research questions and 6 hypotheses were raised and tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The research design adopted for the study was a descriptive survey design using triangulation mixed method. The population of the study was one thousand six hundred (1,600) workers in brewery industry in Rivers state. The sample size for the study was 671 workers and 8 participants for the qualitative study; the sample size was determined using fishers formula for calculating sample size. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire and unstructured interview guide for the qualitative study; a reliability coefficient of 0.84 was obtained. The result showed that workers exposure to physical, biological, ergonomic, mechanical, chemical and psychosocial hazards were low, findings revealed that the grand mean of 2.65 ± 0.34 indicated a high extent of safety practices among brewery workers. The result illustrated a correlation coefficient, r = -0.05 indicating a very low relationship between hazards exposure and safety practices. It was recommended among others that Management of brewery companies should immediately institute and implement safety measures to avoid occupational risks and put in place adequate preparedness against other hazards, Management of brewery companies should always organize workshop aiming at promoting occupational safety and health through appropriate prevention programs and provision of comprehensive occupational health and safety services with the provisions of personal protective devices, and focused interventions for workers.

keywords:

Occupation, Hazards, Safety Brewery, Workers, Practices

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