TITLE:
Evaluation of Safety Culture in Institutional Chemical Analytical Laboratories in Oghara and Warri, Delta State, Nigeria
AUTHORS:
Godwin J. Birma, Silas A. Agaja, Joyce C. Ndu
KEYWORDS:
Safety, Culture, Industry, Institution, Safety
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology,
Vol.12 No.1,
January
13,
2022
ABSTRACT: This study was aimed at evaluating safety culture in 20 chemical analytical laboratories in Oghara and Warri, Delta state. This was achieved through a determination of the safety performance between tertiary education chemical laboratories and industrial laboratories, private and government-owned laboratories, and technical and non-technical labs. The method employed in carrying out this study was the use of a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire anda standard checklist. Comparison done between private and government-owned laboratories using t-test showed that safety culture of private-ownedlaboratories, irrespective of whether industrial or tertiary education, were more significant (P 0.05), with a mean value of 3.69798 for tertiary education laboratories and 3.62842 for industrial laboratories. Analysis of t-test also indicated P