The State of Occupational Health and Safety Management Frameworks (OHSMF) and Occupational Injuries and Accidents in the Ghanaian Oil and Gas Industry: Assessing the Mediating Role of Safety Knowledge
| Autor: | Linda Serwah Akoto, Erasmus Nkrumah, Suxia Liu, Edmund Nana Kwame Nkrumah, Emmanuel Gyabeng |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Mediation (statistics) Safety Management Article Subject media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies Oil and Gas Industry 02 engineering and technology Safety standards Ghana General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Occupational safety and health Nonprobability sampling 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Promotion (rank) Environmental health 021105 building & construction Humans Occupational Health media_common Government General Immunology and Microbiology General Medicine 030210 environmental & occupational health Occupational Injuries Knowledge Negative relationship Accidents Management system Medicine Female Business Safety Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BioMed Research International, Vol 2020 (2020) BioMed Research International |
| ISSN: | 2314-6141 2314-6133 |
| Popis: | Background. The study examines the mediation effect of safety knowledge in causal the relationship between Occupational Health and Safety Management Frameworks (OHSMF) and occupational injuries and workplace accidents in the Ghanaian Oil and Gas Industry. The study explores different dimensions of occupational health and safety management systems, workplace accidents, and occupational injuries. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design. A total of 699 respondents through a convenience and purposive sampling technique were selected in three government-owned oil and gas organizations for the study. Correlation, multiple regression analysis, and bootstrapping methods were used for data analysis. The findings of both the regression and correlation analysis indicated that there is a moderately strong negative and significant relationship between Occupational Health and Safety Management Frameworks (OHSMF) and workplace accidents and occupational injuries. Safety knowledge significantly mediates the causal relationship between OHSMF and workplace accidents and injuries. Safety training was found to be a significant predictor of safety knowledge, work-related injuries, and workplace accidents. The negative relationship between OHSMF and workplace accidents and injuries shows that the existing OHSMF are either ineffective or lack the acceptable safety standards to control hazard exposures in the industry. Management must invest in frequent safety training and orientations to improve safety knowledge among workers. The study further recommends government and industry players to extend serious attention towards the promotion and improvement of occupational health and safety management systems in Ghana. |
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