KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE & BEHAVIOR OF CHERAT COAL MINE WORKERS REGARDING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY MEASURES IN NOWSHERA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52206/jsmc.2013.3.1.229-232Abstract
Background: Globally, mining is considered as one of the most hazardous occupation. Significant numbers
of workers are killed or become disabled due to occupational injuries and diseases. Accidents and injuries
occur because of unsafe behavior, poor and specific work knowledge and human errors. A cross-sectional
study of consecutive (non probability) sampling technique was carried out from October 2012 toApril 2013
in which 252 coal mine workers of Shakot were assessed for Knowledge Attitude & Behavior safety of
occupational health & safety measures in the Department of Community Medicine Khyber Medical
College, Peshawar. The majority of the miners were unaware of the occupational safety at coal mines.
54.76% had poor, 30.16%, had average knowledge while only 15.08% had good knowledge of occupational
health & safety measures among coal miners. 43.65% coal mine workers has low safety attitude and 38.49%
coal mine workers has un-safe behavior of occupational health & safety measures in coal mines.
Keywords: Coal mining, Knowledge,Attitude, Behavior Safety, Occupational health & safety
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