Safety Sustainability Management in Some Selected Industries in Greater Accra Region

Abstract

Safety sustainability management in selected industries is essential as industrial operations cannot be completely free of hazards and risks. The aim of this paper is to examine safety practices, determine the safety management, sustainability and implementation in industrial operation to reduce and eliminate engineer operational accidents and serious incidents. As human activities and systems cannot be completely free from operational errors and consequences. Questionnaires were administered to selected industries in Greater Accra Municipality seeking the views of personnel on safety management implementation and the data obtained were analysed by using SPSS. The findings of the study identified the gap of emphasizing on safety training and implementation at the educational level to build the skills of personnel in safety practices for industrial development. The study recommends that workers must be trained and encouraged to identify unsafe workplace conditions or hazards and also workshop managers acting as safety practitioners be given further training in safety sustainability management for improve operational management of personnel. The study adds to the existing knowledge of safety management implementation in engineering industries in Greater Accra Municipality, Ghana.