A Study on health and safety practices at tema oil refinery (TOR) in Ghana

Toseafa, Hero Kwabena

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A Study on health and safety practices at tema oil refinery (TOR) in Ghana

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dc.contributor.author	Toseafa, Hero Kwabena
dc.contributor.referee	Jehlička, Vladimír
dc.contributor.referee	Lacina, Karel
dc.date.accepted	2018-09-25
dc.date.accessioned	2018-09-26T10:06:55Z
dc.date.available	2018-09-26T10:06:55Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.date.submitted	2018-07-13
dc.description.abstract-translated	This is built on three main objectives as follows; examined a symbiotic relationship between occupational health hazards and safety culture, to demystify operational risk and improve safety culture and finally, to examine the modelling effect of health hazards on risk management and safety culture at Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) in Ghana. The study employed both descriptive and explanatory research designs. Convenient sampling technique and structured questionnaires were deployed to elicit information from the study participants. The data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Smart Partial Least Square (PLS). The study discovered that the newly proposed model accurately predicted 92% and 77% respectively for health hazards and risk management on safety culture practices in the oil and gas sector in Ghana. From the model the strongest determinant of safety culture in the oil and gas is health hazard (â=0.66), followed by risk management (â=0.45). Other significant determinants were identified as follows: biological hazards (â=0.26), chemical hazards (â=0.22), mechanical hazards, RM= Risk Management (â=0.27) and Psychological hazards (â=0.27). The study also found insignificant effects of psychological hazards on health hazards; also, health hazards had no significant impact on risk management. The study concludes that the newly integrated be adopted to effectively manage safety culture at TOR. The study recommends that this integrated model is required to comprehensively explain the safety culture at TOR since implementation of occupational health and safety management system (OHS-MS) has been proven inadequate.	eng
dc.description.department	Fakulta chemicko-technologická	cze
dc.description.grade	Dokončená práce s úspěšnou obhajobou	cze
dc.format	105 s.
dc.identifier	Univerzitní knihovna (studovna)	cze
dc.identifier.signature	D38799
dc.identifier.stag	36613
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10195/71925
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Univerzita Pardubice	cze
dc.rights	Bez omezení	cze
dc.subject	Ghana	eng
dc.subject	health hazards	eng
dc.subject	oil and gas	eng
dc.subject	safety culture	eng
dc.subject	Tema oil refinery	eng
dc.thesis.degree-discipline	Environmental Engineering	cze
dc.thesis.degree-grantor	Univerzita Pardubice. Fakulta chemicko-technologická	cze
dc.thesis.degree-name	Ph.D.
dc.thesis.degree-program	Chemical and Process Engineering	cze
dc.title	A Study on health and safety practices at tema oil refinery (TOR) in Ghana	eng
dc.title.alternative	Studie o bezpečnosti a ochraně zdraví v Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) v Ghaně	cze
dc.type	disertační práce	cze
dspace.entity.type	Publication