Health and Safety Education Needs in the Bottling Industry in Nigeria: A Study of Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd. In South-East Nigeria

Abstract

The study was designed to examine the degree of health and safety education needs in Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd. Health and Safety programmes receive high attention from governments all over the world because the productivity of an employee is a function of some factors including health and safety. Health is a state of complete physical, mental, social, spiritual and occupational well being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. The Nigerian Factories Act posits that employers should make adequate arrangements for the health and safety of employees including the provision of adequate supply of clean drinking water which should be maintained at suitable points easily accessible to all employees. The survey research design was employed for the study. The sample consisted of 100 females and 200 males; ranging in age from 21 to 60 (Mean: 50:5 years) Data were analyzed through descriptive and Chi-Square statistical methods and the result showed a high degree of health and safety education needs in Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd.

Keywords: Health and Safety Education, Occupational Wellbeing, Physical Andmental Health Education, OSHA, Industrial Health Programmes

JEL Classification: M10, M12