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DAVID K. NJERU DCM,HND(ORTH),Bsc(DMID),Msc(OSH) Ph.D. (Ergonomics)ongoing Lecturer of Clinical Medicine Egerton University Kenya . Cell:

4. EGERTON UNIVERSITY-KENYA

5. TITLE OF THE STUDY
EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA

6. Introduction
A heavy human and economic toll is exacted by unsafe and unhealthy working conditions.
OSHMS is a verifiable method of managing occupational hazards that varies from the other OSH programmes by being proactive

7. Introduction ctd…
It provides precise information on developing voluntary arrangements to strengthen compliance with regulations and standards, which, in turn, lead to continual improvement of OSH performance
Developed by ILO as a tripartite organization in 2001
Government
Employer
Employees

8. Elements of OSHMS
OSHMS is an integrated set of organizational elements involved continuous cycle consisting of five elements including;
Work place policy development- worker involvement
Planning-Responsibility and accountability
-Competence and training
-OSHMS documentation
-Communication

9. Elements of OSHMS c.t.d… Implementation -Initial review
- work place system planning, development and implementation
-Occupational safety and health objectives
-Hazard prevention

10. Elements of OSHMS C.T.D…
Evaluation -Performance monitoring and measurement
-Investigation of work-related injuries, ill health, diseases and incidents, and their impact on safety and health performance
- safety Audit
-Management review

11. Elements of OSHMS C.T.D… Action for improvement
-Preventive and corrective action -Continual improvement

12. Objectives
To Evaluate the State of Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems (OSHMS) at Public Universities in Kenya so as to improve the safety of workers and increase productivity

13. Specific Objetives
To determine the sources, and types of hazards encountered at Public Universities in Kenya
To evaluate the level of implementation of Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems at the study site.
To investigate factors that influence implementation of OSHMS at Public Universities at the study site

14. Research design The research adopted cross sectional design
The investigator measures the outcome and the exposures in the study participants at the same time.
This design is a representative of the population and can be generalized from the findings since validity was tested

15. Study area Egerton University Main Campus Nakuru Town Campus.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Nakuru Centre Campus.

16. Sample size determination
The sample size was calculated using Andrew Fischer’s method
Thus; n= z2 (p q) d2
Sample size is n= 1.96x1.96 (0.75x0.25) = 288
0.05x 0.05

17. Research Instruments Structured questionnaires
Structured observation sheets
Focused interview schedules

18. SAMPLING FRAME

19. RESPONSE RATE
From the data collected, out of the 288 questionnaires administered, 282 were filled and returned.
This represented a 97.92% response rate

20. DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Data was cleaned, coded and keyed in the computer
SPSS *IBM version 20 computer programme was used to analyse data
Descriptive statistics included frequencies and percentages
Multi-variate linear regression was used
Correlations of variables was done using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC)

21. Category of Respondents by age
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22. Period of service at the University
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23. Sources of hazards

24. Types of hazards encountered

25. Respondent’s illness at workplace
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26. Relationship of Illness to work

27. Outcome of Hazards
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28. Measures taken by employer at workplace on illness
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29. Frequency of medical examination

30. Respondents’ rating on work environment
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31. Implementation of OSHMS

32. View of respondents’ on challenges of implementation of OSHMS
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33. Illness
Gender
Age
Use of PPE
Pearson Correlation 1
.035
-.058
-.092
Sig. (1-tailed)
.297
.192
.115 N
282
171
-.179**
.108
.003
.079
.051
.255
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (1-tailed).

34. Done Med Exam
Frequency of med Exam
Illness
Age
Pearson Correlation 1
-.199**
.109
-.044
Sig. (1-tailed)
.001
.051
.254 N
227
224
-.022
-.031
.372
.319
226
-.058
.192
229
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (1-tailed).

35. Duration worked
Illness
Training on OSH
Pearson Correlation 1
-.142*
-.060
Sig. (1-tailed)
.017
.189 N
282
-.085
.101
*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (1-tailed).

36. Conclusions
Chemical hazards were the commonest (32%) types of occupational hazard exposure.
 The source of chemical hazards are mainly from the laboratories (20%).
The category of workers at the highest risk was the technicians
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37. Conclusions c.t.d Other hazards identified from the study include:
Mechanical (23%) also commonly affecting technicians
Biological (11%)
Psychosocial (5%)
Physical (13%)
Ergonomic (16%).  

38. Conclusions ctd…
The level of implementation of Occupational Safety and Health Management system as a tool for dressing occupational harzards was low (39%).

39. Conclusions c.t.d Factors influenced implementation of OSHMS included:
Lack of OSH Policy
Low level of awareness on OSH requirements
Inadequate training on OSH
Inadequate resources

40. Recommendations
Occupational Safety and Health Management System policy document should be ratified, adopted , implemented and communicated to all the stake holders.
All workers should be trained on OSH regularly as per the OSHA, laws and regulations.

41. Recommendations c.t.d
3. Frequent medical examinations should be done to all workers as stipulated in OSHA, 2007 regulations
4. While the need for a systematic approach to OSHMS has been heavily promoted, empirical research on its effectiveness is limited.
There is need to evaluate effectiveness of OSHMS