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Title: | Effect of Occupational Accident on Job Performance; A Case of a Construction Firm in Kumasi-Ghana |
Authors: | Agyemang-Beniako, Afia Dabo, Ellis Owusu |
Keywords: | Occupational accident Job performance |
Issue Date: | 16-Nov-2020 |
Abstract: | The construction industry is besieged with accidents. Incidents of accidents at the
construction site are higher in developing countries than developed countries. Safety at
the construction site remains the poorest of all when compared with other manufacturing
industry like the furniture and fixtures, fashion industries among others. The construction
industry comprises of several people with different backgrounds and different tasks
performed by them. The study examined the effect of occupational accident on job
performance; a case of a construction firm in Kumasi-Ghana. 5 section questionnaires
enclosing questions on demographic characteristics, general knowledge on safety and
legalities, accident occurrence, safety management systems and employee attitude were
administered to 110 workers of the construction firm. Chi-square and Pearson‟s
Correlation Coefficient(r) were statistical tools used for the analysis of results. The result
established a weak negative correlation between accident and job performance (labor
productivity) and a statistically significant association between the accidents occurrence,
its nature and absenteeism as (χ2 = 108.645; d.f. = 4; p < 0.001) and (χ2 =101.864; d.f. =
2; p < 0.001) respectively. The questionnaire result revealed that there was higher
knowledge of safety legalities and practices, and low records of accidents among the
construction workers of the firm. It also found that the effect of the accidents and its
nature on absenteeism was low. The study concludes that a good safety management
system and a positive employee attitude would reduce absenteeism, occupational
accidents and further increases labor productivity as demonstrated in the conceptual
framework. |
Description: | A Thesis submitted to the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety, School of Graduate Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Master Of Science in Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety, September, 2019. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13225 |
Appears in Collections: | College of Health Sciences
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