Workplace safety management as correlates of wellbeing among factory workers in Oluyole Industrial Estate, Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria

Abstract

Significant proportion of Nigerians working in manufacturing firms do not enjoy the desirable level of wellbeing when it comes to safety and health. Safety management practices of industries have implications for employees’ wellbeing and productivity. This study investigates relationship between safety management practices and psychological wellbeing in the workplace. The study was a correlational study utilizing the survey strategy to collect the data. Two hundred and fifty-two (252) employees were drawn using the purposive sampling technique from three production companies located in Oluyole Industrial Estate, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria. A self-report questionnaire was employed in collecting the data. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis at 0.05 level of significance. Results revealed that there was no significant relationship between workers safety training (r=.062, p>.05), design of equipment (r= -.03, p>.05) and employees’ wellbeing. There was significant positive relationship between equipment maintenance and employees’ wellbeing (r=.32, p<.05). It was concluded that frequent routine maintenance induced positive and sound wellbeing among factory employees. It was advised that good safety management practices promotes fewer industrial accidents more productivity and less worker compensation or man-hour loss due to poor wellbeing.

Keywords: employees’ wellbeing, safety management, workers safety training, design of equipment, equipment maintenance