A Study on Occupational Health and Safety for Tannery workers at Khartoum State

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate occupational health and safety in Khartoum tanneries and to assess employee‘s level of understanding of health and safety policies and evaluate the commitment of the top management towards the health and safety of employees. A survey questionnaire was distributed to collect data from four tanneries. A sample of 100 workers from both production staff as well as management staff was selected. 82 questionnaires were collected for statistical analysis.The study findings revealed that occupational health and safety practices at Khartoum tanneries is not in conformity with what has been described as “best practices” compared to the standard occupational safety and health requirements . It was therefore recommended that organizations should put in place active health and safety committees which should be given full mandate to implement their recommendations. Moreover, copies of tannery safety and health procedures should be given to employees so that they may be aware of the laid down policies, rules and safety precautions to reduce accidents in the tannery as well as health and safety measures should be in place and employees should be trained on how to use the emergency facilities in case of a problem.