Safety Practices Required by the Employees of Motor Vehicle Mechanics in Imo State for Safer Motor Vehicle Industry
Abstract
The study determined the safety practices required by the employees of motor vehicle mechanics in Imo state for safer motor vehicle industry. This is with a view to preventing accidents among the employees of motor vehicle mechanics and other motor vehicle road users in Imo state for safer motor vehicle industry. The collected data was analyzed with mean and standard deviation. The population of the study comprised of 200 respondents made up of 160 employees of motor vehicle mechanics and 40 supervisory staff of motor vehicle mechanics in Imo state for safer motor vehicle industry. The entire population served as the sample of the study. Structured questionnaire was used as the instrument for the collection of the data of the study. The instrument was face validated by five experts of Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company (ANAMMCO) Emene Enugu State. Their suggestions were used to improve and update the instrument before it was administered to the respondents. The reliability of the instrument was obtained by single administration of the instrument to 30 employees of motor vehicle mechanics and10 supervisory staff of motor vehicle mechanics Nineth mile corner mechanic village in Enugu state. Cronbach Alpha was used to calculate the reliability coefficient of the study. This yielded internal consistency value of .87. The instrument was administered to 200 respondents at the Nekaede and Orji mechanic villages in Owerri with the help of three research assistants. Only one hundred and ninety five questionnaire administered representing 96 % were collected back and used for the study. The result of the study showed that all the safety practices are required by the employees of motor vehicle mechanics in Imo state for safer motor vehicle industry. The tested hypothesis at P< 0.05 level of significance showed that there was no significant difference on the mean rating of the respondents therefore the Ho was up held. Recommendations such as the employees of motor vehicle mechanics should apply safety practices in all their motor vehicle mechanics activities to prevent accidents in the motor vehicle industry among others were made.
