Authors :
Zachariah Bissah.
Volume/Issue :
Volume 4 - 2019, Issue 6 - June
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Abstract :
Accidents at the work place provide a huge cost to employers and the economical disadvantages are enormous. Minor accidents affect production in variety of ways and major accidents can cause the whole company to shutdown Safety culture is a complicated structure in an organization that includes values and attitudes of employees, most of which are potentially changeable and also related to actual accident behavior. It is important to institute safety culture by putting in place measures to minimize the occurrence of accidents at the work place. The objectives of this study were to understand how safety culture influences the occurrence of accidents in the Ghanaian Oil Marketing Industry .the variable that were measured in this study included management commitment to safety, developing safety training for employees and employees’ personal safety experience. A total of 105 respondent from three oil marketing companies participated in the study out of 123 employees.
Accidents at the work place provide a huge cost to employers and the economical disadvantages are enormous. Minor accidents affect production in variety of ways and major accidents can cause the whole company to shutdown Safety culture is a complicated structure in an organization that includes values and attitudes of employees, most of which are potentially changeable and also related to actual accident behavior. It is important to institute safety culture by putting in place measures to minimize the occurrence of accidents at the work place. The objectives of this study were to understand how safety culture influences the occurrence of accidents in the Ghanaian Oil Marketing Industry .the variable that were measured in this study included management commitment to safety, developing safety training for employees and employees’ personal safety experience. A total of 105 respondent from three oil marketing companies participated in the study out of 123 employees.