EMPLOYEES' KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS IN A LARGE SCALE INDUSTR¥ IN ENUGU STATE

Abstract

This study investigated the knowledge and attitude of employees regarding occupational hazards in Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company (ANAMCO), Enugu. study utilized 221 employees (122 senior and 99junior) as participants for thestudy.A 22 item knowledge and attitude scale developed by the researcher was used for data collection. Three hypotheses were tested .The findings indicated that experienced employees demonstrated higher level of knowledge of hazards associatedwifhrhe workplace environments than their inexperienced counterparts in areas of social, 4 = 5.8, df 1,p<.05; physiological stress, -:-2= 10.21, df 1,p<.05; chemical hazards; +2 = 11.7, df 1,p <.05; physical hazard, -:-2 =12.8 df 1<.05; and ergonomically poor working environment, -:-2 = 12.2 df 1 p<.05. There were no differences on the attitude 'of experienced and the inexperienced employees regarding occupational hazards. However, the attitude of senior employees differed significantly from the attitude oj:jl,mior employees, with senior employees showing more favourable attitude than theirjunipr counterparts, t (219) =7.06, p<O.5