Data Analysis

Data Analysis



Data Analysis

Introduction

Current trend shows that organizations started giving attention to organizational and management impact on safety performance particularly the function of health and safety management. The interest in health and safety management is due to major disasters that highlighted the failings of management to protect the health and safety of their workers and thus, to comply with Occupational Health as well as Safety Act as to fulfill their responsibilities as an employer to ensure that workers have a safe work-place (Hale, Heming, Carthey & Kirwan, 1997). In general, legislation is inadequate to address those problems as many organizations experienced problems in managing health as well as safety in the workplace. This is due to the “people” element having a tendency to engage in safe or unsafe behavior according to their interpretation and the unsafe behavior can lead to accidents. From safety experts, Fleming and Lardner (1999) discovered that human factors contributed to 80 - 90% of all industrial accidents as people neglected the correct procedure in doing their job.

For that reason, effective health and safety management and its relation to productivity have been considered an important element when managing the interaction between systems and people. As such, the implementation of effective Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) management in organizations will assist to resolve OHS problems successfully and is also a means to legal compliance. In addition, the need for research on the effectiveness of OHS management is vital to ensure continuous OHS performance improvement. The purpose of this study is to present an overview of employees' perception of the occupational health as well as safety management in meeting their OHS obligations.

Data analysis

Demography of the data

Gender

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Female

42

33.9

33.9

33.9

Male

82

66.1

66.1

100.0

Total

124

100.0

100.0

From the above table it can be found out that 33.9 % of the respondents are female and 66.1 % of the respondents are male.

Department

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Building Services

22

17.7

17.7

17.7

Cultural Services

44

35.5

35.5

53.2

Environmental Services

58

46.8

46.8

100.0

Total

124

100.0

100.0

The above tables shows that 17.7% of the respondents are in building service department, 35.5 % of the respondents are in cultural service department and 46.8% of the respondents are environmental service department.

Accident_in_last_5_years

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

No

66

53.2

53.2

53.2

Yes

58

46.8

46.8

100.0

Total

124

100.0

100.0

The above table shows the number of accidents in last five years, from the above table it can be found out that 53.2 % of the respondents did not have any accidents and 46.8 % of the respondents had accidents in last five years.

Grade

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Manager

33

26.6

26.6

26.6

Staff

91

73.4

73.4

100.0

Total

124

100.0

100.0

The above table shows the grade of the respondents from the above table it can be found out that majority of the respondents were staff and only 26.6 % of the respondents were manager.

Graphical Representation

Q: Management operates an open door policy on safety issues

Management_operates_an_open_door_policy_on_safety_issues

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Strongly Disagree

5

4.0

4.0

4.0

Disagree

13

10.5

10.5

14.5

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

27

21.8

21.8

36.3

Agree

62

50.0

50.0

86.3

Strongly Agree

17

13.7

13.7

100.0

Total

124

100.0

100.0

From the above table it can be found out that majority of the respondents agree with the statement and believe that

Management should operates an open door policy on safety issues.

Safety_is_the_number_one_priority_on_my_mind_at_work

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Disagree

11

8.9

8.9

8.9

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

22

17.7

17.7

26.6

Agree

46

37.1

37.1

63.7

Strongly Agree

45

36.3

36.3

100.0

Total

124

100.0

100.0

From the above table it can be found out that majority of the respondents strongly agree with this statement and Safety is ...