The Effect of Accidents On The Productivity Of Some Companies In North-Eastern States Of Nigeria
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A case study was carried out on five major companies in the NorthEastern
States of Nigeria, to evaluate the effect ofindustrial accidents on
their productivi~)'· The companies were Ashaka Cement Plc Gombe State,
Savannah Sugar Company Adama'vva State, Asbestos Nigeria Limited
Bauchi State, Maiduguri Flour Mill and Nigeria Bottling Company Pic
Maiduguri both in Barno State. Data for t(1is study were based partially
on companies pe1formance records over ten years which emanated from
the questio.nnaires for tli~ workers on th.e pr~duction line, lora/ intervi~w
of the semor personnel m the productwn !me and lastly by collectmg
data t{u-ough their records. Percentage method was used to analyse result.
The result showed that the causes of accident in all companies are due to
carelessness of the workers and to "some extent lack of maintenance of
the machine. There was no accident of material handling in four of the
companies except in Savannah Sugar Company. Tlze result also indicate
that the production capacity of Ashaka Cement Pic declined by 18.56%
because of accident. Also Nigeria Bottling Company and Maiduguri
Flour Mill liad their production capacity declined hy 16.67% and 40%
respectively. However, the production capacity during accidents of
Savannah Sugar Company and Asbestos Nigeria Pic could not be
ascertained due to poor record keeping. 77~e management of t!tese
companies could reduce the acci.dents and improve 011 their productivity
through training in safety measures
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery