The effect of occupational health and safety on productivity of project employees of Wilkins engineering limited
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2021-07-05
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Abstract
The numerous cases of injuries, fatalities, recurrent absenteeism and enormous compensation
costs that characterize most Ghanaian industries are a worry to the nation’s economic
development. These adverse repercussions of unhealthy and unsafe working environment
continue to stifle employees’ productivity and have the tendency of impeding economic
growth. Globally, about 4% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is lost due to poor workplace
health and safety policies, which is just the immediate cost of hazardous and unhealthy job
setting. To effectively tackle this menace, it is expedient to really know and understand the
effects of occupational health and safety of an organization on employee’s productivity.
Quantitative research strategy and structured survey design were used in gathering data from
Wilkins Engineering Limited to determine the impact of general challenges of health and
safety practices on employee productivity. The results revealed that 84.3% of respondents
said there is extreme impact of H&S challenges on employee’s level of productivity and
performance. Also, 82.6% stated that challenges of H&S have extreme impact on their
attendance to work. With regard to the concentration levels of employees, while 48.7% stated
there is great impact, the remaining 51.3% of respondents said H&S challenges would have
extreme impact on their concentration levels at work. Findings from the study indicate that
health and safety are vital to one’s productivity.
The study recommends that the organization should make Occupational Health and Safety a
top most priority, as it is very pertinent in enhancing productivity and also safeguarding
employees’ health. Also, the organization should conduct frequent safety trainings for
employees. Finally there should be a system that evaluates, monitors and controls risk at
work places in order to reduce the decline in productivity associated with any kind of risk
Description
A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award Degree of Master of Science in Project Management.
Keywords
Effect, Occupational Health, Safety, Project Employees, Wilkins engineering limited