Technical Survey into Ergonomic Principles Compliance by Worker of Construction Companies in Rivers State to Prevent Accident Occurrence.

Abstract

This study assessed ergonomic principles compliance by workers of construction companies in Rivers State, to prevent 
accident. The objectives of the study were to assess the extent to which the workers comply to keeping everything 
within reach, working at proper height and providing clearance to prevent accident. The population for the study was 
100 respondents, made up of 50 respondents from mechanical and 50 from building construction companies. To direct 
the study, three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated. Mean(x) and standard deviation (SD) were
used to answer the research questions, while Z-test was used to analyze the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. 
The means (x) of 4.12; and 4.07 showed that the workers comply to keeping everything close. However, the Z-test 
analysis of the hypotheses with Z-cal of 0.27 was accepted because it was less than the Z-crit of 1.96, which implied 
that there is no significant difference between the mean (x) responses of the workers on the extent to which they 
comply to keeping everything within reach. Thus, it was recommended that more training on ergonomic principles 
should be given to workers of building construction and mechanical companies to complement their knowledge of 
safety rules