A study on occupational health hazards among oil and gas company workers in ONELGA Rivers State Nigeria
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2024-06
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Federal University of Technology, Owerri
Abstract
Occupational health hazard has continued to have a serious public health impact with oil and gas sector being highly affected. Identification of these hazards provides the best approach on how to prevent their occurrence. This study was aimed to identify the occupational health hazards among oil and gas company workers in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA (ONELGA) the study is a descriptive design with a study population as 1233, three oil and gas companies were selected from one Local Government Area using simple random sampling technique. The sample size was 400 oil and gas company workers in ONELGA LGA, Rivers State. A well validated questionnaire was employed as part of the data collection process. The collected data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2010 and presented in frequency and percentages. A total of 312 and 88 male and female respectively as well as 240 and 160 tertiary and secondary educational certificates holders respectively responded to the test instrument. The null hypotheses were tested using z-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The result of this study revealed that 62% of the respondent are aware of the physiczl hazards in their work place, 59% were aware of the chemical hazards in their work place, 53% were aware of the mechanical hazards in their work place, 50% of oil workers agreed that they sustain injuries due to impact force collision and falls, 50% were exposed to heavy metals 75 % were exposed to noise. The study showed that there was a significant association between exposure to chemical hazards and occurrence of diseases. z-critical value of +1.96. The mean and standard deviation for the exposure to chemical hazards were 2.89 and 1.69 respectively. This study shows that workers in the oil and gas companies are exposed to physical, mechanical and chemical hazards, according to findings it is therefore recommended that Management should provide appropriate, adequate and modern Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs,) for workers in the oil and gas companies to improve the health and well-being of their workers. The management should provide first aid equipment in every working site to give first aid/ emergency treatment in case of accidents before being taken to the hospital. Management should provide a functional firefighting system in case of fire outbreaks. The workers should ensure to always put on their personnel protective equipment (PPE) no matter how small or short the job may be to avoid injuries.
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Master’s thesis on "occupational health hazards among oil and gas company workers". It contains tables, diagrams and pictures.
Keywords
Occupational health hazard, company, oil and gas, exposure, workers, Rivers State, Department of Public Health
Citation
Onwusah, V. C. (2024). A study on occupational health hazards among oil and gas company workers in ONELGA Rivers State Nigeria (Unpublished Master's Thesis). Federal University of Technology Owerri.