Assessment of Industrial Safety Education Programmes in Manufacturing Industries in Kaduna and Niger States of Nigeria.

Abstract

Loss of working hours, low productivity and the loss of human and material resources due to negligence of safety and industrial safety education programme has become an incessant problem in manufacturing industries. This research study therefore focused on the assessment of industrial safety education programmes in the manufacturing industries of Kaduna and Niger states of Nigeria. The study sought to identify the industrial safety education training needs of the industries; the potential sources of industrial accidents in workshops/laboratories of manufacturing industries and the suitable instructional methods used by the industries to ensure safety and accident prevention in the industries. A 45 item questionnaire was used to collect data from management staff and factory workers from 24 manufacturing industries spread across Kaduna and Niger states of Nigeria. Mean ( ) and Standard Deviation (S.D) were used for data analysis. The study among others found that: a conducive working environment greatly reduce potential sources of accidents and identifies appropriate industrial safety education training needs of the industries in addition to the instructional methods adopted. The study also recommended that: Federal Government should ensure monitoring and strict compliance with factories laws to save human and material resources and to create a conducive working environment for industrial workers in Nigeria.