The State of Occupational Health and Safety Management Frameworks (OHSMF) and Occupational Injuries and Accidents in the Ghanaian Oil and Gas Industry: Assessing the Mediating Role of Safety Knowledge.

Erasmus Nkrumah,Emmanuel Gyabeng,Suxia Liu,Edmund Nana Kwame Nkrumah,Linda Serwah Akoto

doi:10.1155/2020/6354895

Abstract

Background. The study examines the mediation effect of safety knowledge in causal the relationship between Occupational Health and Safety Management Frameworks (OHSMF) and occupational injuries and workplace accidents in the Ghanaian Oil and Gas Industry. The study explores different dimensions of occupational health and safety management systems, workplace accidents, and occupational injuries. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design. A total of 699 respondents through a convenience and purposive sampling technique were selected in three government-owned oil and gas organizations for the study. Correlation, multiple regression analysis, and bootstrapping methods were used for data analysis. The findings of both the regression and correlation analysis indicated that there is a moderately strong negative and significant relationship between Occupational Health and Safety Management Frameworks (OHSMF) and workplace accidents and occupational injuries. Safety knowledge significantly mediates the causal relationship between OHSMF and workplace accidents and injuries. Safety training was found to be a significant predictor of safety knowledge, work-related injuries, and workplace accidents. The negative relationship between OHSMF and workplace accidents and injuries shows that the existing OHSMF are either ineffective or lack the acceptable safety standards to control hazard exposures in the industry. Management must invest in frequent safety training and orientations to improve safety knowledge among workers. The study further recommends government and industry players to extend serious attention towards the promotion and improvement of occupational health and safety management systems in Ghana.

Highlights

The genesis of most disastrous accidents among global industries, in both the present and the past can be traced back to the absence or weak implementation of occupational health and safety management systems
Composite reliability was suitable for measuring the variable reliability because it eliminates most of the shortcomings of Cronbach’s alpha (CA) [61, 62]
As one of the main objectives of the study, the findings showed that safety knowledge significantly mediates the relationship between Occupational Health and Safety Management Frameworks (OHSMF) and workplace accidents just as it significantly mediates the relationship between OHSMF and work-related injuries

Summary

Introduction

The genesis of most disastrous accidents among global industries, in both the present and the past can be traced back to the absence or weak implementation of occupational health and safety management systems. The study examines the mediation effect of safety knowledge in causal the relationship between Occupational Health and Safety Management Frameworks (OHSMF) and occupational injuries and workplace accidents in the Ghanaian Oil and Gas Industry. The study explores different dimensions of occupational health and safety management systems, workplace accidents, and occupational injuries. Correlation, multiple regression analysis, and bootstrapping methods were used for data analysis The findings of both the regression and correlation analysis indicated that there is a moderately strong negative and significant relationship between Occupational Health and Safety Management Frameworks (OHSMF) and workplace accidents and occupational injuries. Safety training was found to be a significant predictor of safety knowledge, work-related injuries, and workplace accidents.

Methods

Results

Discussion

Conclusion