Evaluation of occupational health and safety hazards in cocoa marketing company (cmc) at kumasi inland port
| dc.contributor.author | Otchi, Elikem Kweku | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-02-02T10:05:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-02-02T10:05:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-10 | |
| dc.description | A thesis submitted to the Department of Environmental Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Ghana depends more on cocoa as a basic supporter of its economy. Nonetheless, management of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) has been a source of concern to stakeholders in the cocoa industry. The study evaluated Occupational Health and Safety Hazards in Cocoa Marketing Company at Kumasi Inland Port. The study was carried out at Kaase, Kumasi. The current study is descriptive, and explanatory in nature. Methodology: A simple random sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. The study results were collected from 175 respondents using questionnaire. Quantitative approach was used in the analysis of the data. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to present the results. Results: The study found that respondents agreed that cocoa bags falling from height, slips, trips and falls, vehicle related hazards and fire related hazards were common OHSH in CMC. Majority of the employees (mean= 4.63) at CMC were aware that the company had health and safety representative and they follow safety procedures (mean= 4.35) when working. Also, stacking hazards (fall from heights) was the most frequent health and safety hazard with cocoa bags falling from height being the highest ranked hazard (mean= 4.65). Fire related hazard was not common and severe in the CMC. The key health and safety management practices adopted by CMC at Kumasi inland port to control the risks of hazards on site were that the supervisor took health and safety of employees very seriously in the company, and that risk assessment is carried out on a regular basis, employees are encouraged to adhere to the OHSA, safety concerns at CMC of employees are listened to by management, and that there was formal health and safety reporting mechanism at CMC. Conclusion: It was concluded that, workers in the company are aware of the presence of health and safety representatives as well as the roles they play. However, workers do not take the time to report to them during cases of incident despite the fact that, supervisors take the health of their subordinates seriously. Recommendations: CMC should provide more Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to all employees to help prevent risk and to reduce employees exposure to hazards. There should be regular monitoring on safety and health standards at all times to ensure that all employees complied with safety policies in the company. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | KNUST | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/17574 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | KNUST | |
| dc.title | Evaluation of occupational health and safety hazards in cocoa marketing company (cmc) at kumasi inland port | |
| dc.type | Thesis |