Assessment of Accidents in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Laboratories

Abstract

The research investigates accident management in electrical and electronic engineering laboratories throughout a five-month period, from September 2022 to January 2023, at eight polytechnics in the north-eastern state of Nigeria. Only students and departmental staff contribute to the research's population, focusing on regular accidents using a survey-based method that combines qualitative and quantitative tools. The study utilised questionnaires to collect data, randomly selected a model population, and analysed the data using descriptive statistics. The outcome of the investigation revealed that there were most accidents in the electrical measurement and instrumentation lab (2.89), electrical installation lab (2.76), and electrical repair and maintenance lab (2.72), with the majority taking place in the electrical labs. Injuries in the Electrical Power and Machines lab and Electronic and Telecommunication lab (2.56) were lower because they were not subjected to an electrical experiment setup frequently, and the computer's hardware and software (2.50) had fewer accidents.

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