GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT The study determined the influence of hazard management practices on accident prevention in technical colleges in Akwa Ibom State. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The ex-post facto design was used and the population of the study was 114 respondents, comprising 48 technical teachers and 66 workshop assistant from all the seven technical colleges in Akwa Ibom State. A sample of 86 respondents was selected through simple random sampling technique. The researcher developed instrument captioned, “Hazard Management Practices and Accident Prevention Questionnaire were used for Data Collection. The instrument was face validated by three experts and had an internal consistency reliability index of 0.88, obtained by using Cronbach Alpha Formula. Mean and independent t-test were used for data analysis. Findings of the study revealed that the use of personal protective equipment and the provision of safe working environment were found to influence accident prevention in Technical colleges in Akwa Ibom State. Besides, it was also found that there was generally no significant difference between the mean responses of technical teachers and workshop assistants on the extent to which the use of personal protective equipment and the provision of safe working environment influence accident prevention in Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State. It was recommended that Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Education and State Technical Schools Board should supply adequate number of personal protective equipment as well as modern tool storage facilities to all technical colleges in State. Key word: Hazard Management Practices, Accident Prevention, Personal Protective Equipment, Safe Working Environment, Technical Colleges.