INDUSTRIAL HAZARDS MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN THE ABUJA ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY MINNA, NIGER STATE

Abstract

The study is to Industrial Hazard Management Practices in AEDC Minna. Three research question and three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The research working is a descriptive survey; a well-structured questionnaire was developed by the researcher and used for data collection. The study was carried out in Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) office in Minna. Numbers of respondents are fifty (50) being made up of fifteen (15) management staff and thirty-five (35) technical staff was used for the study. The data collected was evaluated using mean, standard deviation and t-test statistic to test the three hypotheses. The findings discovered that lack of adequate preparation before carrying out work is a cause of industrial hazards. The findings also discovered that laxity of the safety measures in carrying out repairs and mismanagement of tools and equipment in the workplace are also another factor to the cause of industrial hazards. Based on the findings, it was recommended that technical workers should be authorized to conduct a hazard assessment before commencing any work and that supervisors should implement strict submission with safety rules and regulations.