TITLE:
Determinants of Compliance with Occupational and Safety Regulations in the Vehicle Body Manufacturing Industry in Kenya
AUTHORS:
Charles Abanga, Wilkister Moturi, Stanley Makindi
KEYWORDS:
Binary Logistic Regression, Compliance, Occupational and Safety Regulations, Vehicle Body Manufacturing
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.10 No.4,
April
28,
2023
ABSTRACT: The vehicle body manufacturing industry plays an important role in Kenya economic development because the majority of buses are supplied in chassis frame form and the bodies are manufactured in this sector locally. However, this particular sector is faced with occupational safety and health hazards without preventive measures. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to identify the socioeconomic and work-related factors influencing compliance with occupational and safety regulations (OSR) in the vehicle body manufacturing industry in Nairobi City, Kenya. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted with qualitative and quantitative data collected using a structured questionnaire from 260 firms. Descriptive, inferential and binomial logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed that compliance with occupational and safety regulations was positively influenced by sex, education level, presence of a hazard, involvement in accidents and availability of prevention measures. However, compliance with OSR was negatively influenced by employment experience. The empirical results will be useful for employers, employees and policymakers in developing efficient capacity building models that incorporate occupational safety and health, awareness, supervision, training, inspection and verifications to improve the overall occupational safety and health situation of workers in the vehicle body manufacturing industry in Kenya.