INFLUENCE
OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, WORKERS SAFETY PRACTICES AND OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH ATTITUDE ON EMLOYEES HEALTH STATUS IN URBAN COMMUNITY IN, NIGERIA
Olaoke, Ibitola
Olajumoke1, Popoola, Olusoji
David2
1College of Health Sciences, Igbinedion University
Okada Edo State, Nigeria.
2Department of Sociology & Anthropology Igbinedion
University Okada, Edo State, Nigeria
Email:
jummyt2011@gmail.com , popoolaolusojidavid@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Industrial wastes are basically hazardous and as
the name implies poses threat and potential risk to human health if not
properly managed. Thus, this study examines effects of industrial waste
management practices (incineration, recycling), worker’s safety practices and worker’s
occupational health attitudes on employees’ health status in selected
industries in Oyo State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was
adopted for this study while the study population comprised of industrial
workers in Ibadan, Oyo State. Simple random sampling technique was used to
select a sample of 270 employees and qualitative method ((use of questionnaire)
was used for data. An instrument specially designed for this study tagged
“Industrial Waste Management and Workers Health Status Inventory (IWMWHSI was
used for data collection.). Two research hypotheses were tested and analyzed
with the use of Multiple Regression analysis and Pearson Moment Correlation
Analysis at 5% level of significance. Findings revealed that there was a
positive significant correlation between incineration and workers’ health
status (r= .32, N= 270, P < .05), a positive significant relationship
between recycling and workers’ health status (r= .24, N= 270, P < .05), a
positive significant relationship between workers’ safety practices and
workers’ health status (r= .16, N= 270, P < .05), and a positive significant
relationship between workers’ occupational health attitude and workers’ health
status (r= .17, N= 270, P < .05) Result also showed that waste management
practices independently and significantly influenced employees health status
while waste management practices, workers safety practices, workers
occupational health attitude jointly and significantly predicted employees
health status. The study concludes that waste management practices, worker’s
safety practices, worker’s occupational health attitude were strong predictors
of employee’s health status in industries in Nigeria. We therefore recommend that
government should put policy in place to regulate and punish offenders of
standard waste management practices. Erring industries should be sanctioned and
also pay heavy compensation to affected workers.
Keywords: Industrial, Waste Management,
Workers Occupational Health Attitude, Workers Health status, Incineration,
Recycling.
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