The Role Of Occupational Safety And Health Management Practices On Employee Performance: The Case Of Four Rose Farms In Holeta Town

Abstract

Occupational safety and health (OSH) management practices are essential for enhancing employee performance. By ensuring a safe and healthy workplace, companies reduce injuries and illnesses, boost morale and job satisfaction, decrease absenteeism, and promote a positive work culture. Investing in OSH leads to a motivated, efficient, and productive workforce. (Smith, 2023).The aim this study was to investigate the role of occupational safety and health management practices on employee performance in case of Rose farm industry in Holeta Town. To meet the objective of the study data were collected from randomly selected 168 respondents using 1-5 likets scale questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. For descriptive analysis frequencies, percentages, mean scores and Standard Deviations were used. In inferential statistics, Pearson’s correlation and regression analysis were used to assess both relationships and effects between the occupational safety and health management practices on employee performance. The findings of the study revealed that Management commitment and policy, safety training and awareness, Provision and use of personal protective equipment, work environment, incident report and response and employee involvement have positive and significant correlation with employee performance. Similarly the regression analysis result indicated that the identified occupational safety and health management practices by this study contribute to R-squared (coefficient of determination) value is 0.65, it means that 65% of the variation in the dependent variable can be explained by the independent variable in the regression model. In other words, there is a moderate positive relationship between the two variables, where the independent variable accounts for a significant portion of the variability in the dependent variable. On the other hands, the multiple regression coefficients result of this study indicates that a one percent increase in occupational safety and health management practices (management commitment and policy, safety training and awareness, provision and use of personal protective equipment, improvement in work environment, incident report and response, and improvement in employee involvement) in rose farm industry increases in employee performance by 6.3 %, 61%, 30.6%, 12%, 15.3% and 16.6% respectively. Thus the study concluded that the four rose farms in holeta town should prioritize regular safety training, conduct periodic workplace risk assessments, and implement comprehensive health programs to foster a safer and more productive environment identified by this study. However, future research should be conducted by including additional occupational safety and health management practices that did not considered by this study.