School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Biomed Res Int. 2020 Mar 13;2020:6354895. doi: 10.1155/2020/6354895. eCollection 2020.
. 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.
. 本研究考察了安全知识在因果关系中的中介作用，即职业健康和安全管理框架（OHSMF）与加纳石油和天然气行业的职业伤害和工作场所事故之间的关系。本研究探讨了职业健康和安全管理系统、工作场所事故和职业伤害的不同维度。本研究采用了横断面调查设计。通过便利和目的抽样技术，在三个政府拥有的石油和天然气组织中，共选择了 699 名受访者参加了这项研究。相关性、多元回归分析和自举法被用于数据分析。回归和相关分析的结果都表明，职业健康和安全管理框架（OHSMF）与工作场所事故和职业伤害之间存在着中度强的负相关和显著关系。安全知识显著地调解了 OHSMF 与工作场所事故和伤害之间的因果关系。安全培训被发现是安全知识、与工作相关的伤害和工作场所事故的一个重要预测因素。OHSMF 与工作场所事故和伤害之间的负相关关系表明，现有的 OHSMF 要么无效，要么缺乏可接受的安全标准来控制该行业的危险暴露。管理层必须投资于频繁的安全培训和定向培训，以提高工人的安全知识。本研究还建议政府和行业参与者认真关注加纳职业健康和安全管理系统的推广和改进。
