Healthy and Safety on Employee Performance: A Case Study of Mirerani Mbuguni Mine In Tanzania

ABSTRACT The study was to find out the effect of safety and health to employee performance. At mirerani mbuguni mine. The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between health and safety on employee performance at Mirerani Mbunguni objectives were, to investigate the cause of accident in organization in mirerani mbuguni,to investigate the effect of accident on productive on performance, to examine the measures to organization accident. The study used survey design with both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The sample size was 60 respondents got by simple round sampling. Findings indicated that there are possibilities for employee accidents to be avoided in an organization. By training and improve employee working environment. The major cause of accident was working condition where by 76 (95%) respondents agreed. Although there are other causes like plant and machinery chemical, mental and psychological instability, health fe of employee. The major effect was both physical and psychological impact on miners. As it was showen in fig 1,44 respondents (55%)said the effects are mainly physical in nature. The major ways of preventing accident in mine was training, 16% periodically hold safety meeting, 11 % technological standard, 9%safety legislation. VI Conclusion, the human resource management department should carry out employee safety and health training frequently and take into consideration the many factors that individual may require at the mine. Most of the causes of accidents are working condition, mental and psychological instability, plant and machinery chemical can be avoided, and so it takes just a bit more caution to save many lives from death and destruction. The accidents have various effects on the victims, both physical and psychological, and all these effects have a significantly negative impact on the productivity and performance of employees at their workstations They are also ways which researcher identify them like training, safety engeneering,periodically hold safety meetings establish safety committee. Recommendation, the management should recognized employees with less knowledge and skills and train them in order to improve their knowledge and at the same time to improve the organization performance and productivity.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

DECLARATION ....................................................................................... i 

APPROVAL ........................................................................................... .iii 

DEDICATION ......................................................................................... iv 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................... v 

ABSTRACT ......................................................................................... vi 

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY .............................. 1 

1.0 Introduction ................................................................................. 1 

1.1 Background of the study.............................................................. 1 

1.2 Statement of the problem ............................................................. 4 

1.3 Purpose of the study .................................................................... 4 

1.4 Specific objectives of the study ..................................................... 5 

1.5 Research questions ...................................................................... 5 

1.6 Scope of the study ........................................................................ 5 

1.6.1 Geographical ............................................................................... 5 

1.6.2 Content ....................................................................................... 5 

1. 7 The significance of the study ........................................................ 6 

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................ 7 

2.0 Introduction ................................................................................. 7 

2.1 Theoretical frame work. ................................................................ 7 

2.2 Conceptual Framework ................................................................ 8 

2.3 Review of related literature ........................................................... 9 

2.3.1 Causes of accidents in Mines; ...................................................... 9 

2.3.2 The effects of accident on performance ...................................... 14 

2.3.3 Ways of preventing accidents in mines ....................................... 15 

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY ............................................... 17 

3.0 Introduction ............................................................................... 17 

3.1 Research design ......................................................................... 1 7 

3.2 Population of the study .............................................................. 17 

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3.3 Sample sizes .............................................................................. 17 

3.4 Sampling design and procedure ................................................. 18 

3.5 Methods of data collection .......................................................... 18 

3.6 Sources of data .......................................................................... 19 

3.6.1 Primary data ............................................................................. 19 

3.6.2 Secondary data .......................................................................... 19 

3.7 Data control and Measurement .................................................. 19 

3.8 Data Processing and Analysis ..................................................... 20 

3.9 Ethical procedures of Data analysis ........................................... 20 

3.10 Study Limitations ...................................................................... 20 

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION AND 

ANALYSIS ...................................................................................... 22 

4.0 Introduction ............................................................................... 22 

4.1 Demographic characteristics of Respondents .............................. 22 

4.2 Causes of accidents in Mirerani Mbuguni mine .......................... 22 

4.3 Effect of accidents on productivity and employee performance .... 26 

4.4 Ways of preventing accidents in mines ....................................... 27 

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................... 30 

5.0 Introduction ............................................................................... 30 

5 .1 Summary of findings .................................................................. 30 

5.2 Conclusions ............................................................................... 32 

5.3 Recommendations ...................................................................... 32 

REFERENCES ................................................................................ 34 

Appendices .................................................................................... 38 

Appendix i: Questionnaires for selected respondents ........................... 38 

Appendix ii: Interview guide ................................................................. 41 

Appendix iii: Time frame ...................................................................... 42 

Appendix iv: Research budget .............................................................. 43