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.pg1.13

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Determinants of Occupational Hazards among Workers of Food Processing Industries in Rivers State

Samuel, G. K. & Woke Rosemary

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Abstract

This study investigated the determinants of occupational hazards among workers of food processing industries in Rivers State. The research design adopted for this study was a descriptive survey research design with a population consisting of 15,500 workers in food processing industries in Rivers State. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select a sample size of 950. The instrument for data collection in this study was a structured questionnaire titled, ‘Questionnaire on determinants of occupational hazards and safety practices (QDOH)’ with a reliability coefficient of 0.903. Data analysis was done with the aid of the statistical product for service solution (SPSS) version 23.0 using simple regression at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of this study showed that there was a very high relationship between occupational hazards exposure and other factors such as knowledge (r = - 0.97, R2 = 0.94, p<0.05), years of work experience (r = 0.92, R2 = 0.85, p<0.05), training (r = -0.93, R2 = 0.87, p<0.05), and job specification (r = 0.87, R2 = 0.76, p<0.05). It was concluded that the determinants of occupational hazards exposure among workers in food processing industries in Rivers State were knowledge of hazards, years of work experience, training and job specification. It was recommended among others that, professional organizations such as the National Industrial Safety Council of Nigeria (NISCN), the Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria (ISPON) and trade unions should organize periodic workshops and training programmes on occupational hazards and safety for the workers.

keywords:

Determinants, Food, Hazard, Occupation, Workers

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