Abstract:
Safety awareness and accident prevention is very vital aspect at all establishment
including catering and hospitality industry. The purpose of the study is to improve the
situation of safety awareness and accident prevention among workers in the hospitality
and catering industry in the Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly. Besides, the study seeks
achieve on factor causing accidents among workers in the catering industry in the
Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly. The challenges associated with safety awareness and
accident preventions among workers in the catering industry in the Bolgatanga Municipal
Assembly and lastly, management strategies to create safety awareness and accident
preventions among workers in the catering industry in the Bolgatanga Municipal
Assembly. Descriptive research design was used for the study. Questionnaires were used
as data collection instrument in obtaining information from the respondents. convenience
sampling method was used for the study to reach out respondent. Specifically, a sample
size of 80 respondents were used from the entire population. The field data or responses
were further analyzed using Social Package for Scientific Studies (SPSS) and Excel. The
study revealed factors such as wrong attitude towards work, alcoholism and drugs,
limited resources for implement safety and lack of education and safety awareness were
the causes of accident in the hospitality and catering industry. The study recommended
that, stakeholders involved in the hospitality and catering industry must adopt plans and
policies to ensure the safety of catering staffs in the Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly.
The managers must provide in-service training to the catering staffs about accident and
safety preventions in the kitchen.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of Catering and Hospitality Education, Faculty of
Technical and Vocational Education submitted to the School of Graduate Studies,
University of Education, Winneba, in fulfillment of the requirement for the award
of Degree of Masters in Catering and Hospitality Education
APRIL, 2021