Occupational Health and Safety Techniques and Employee Performance of Table water Manufacturing Firms in Enugu State

The study examined occupational health and safety techniques and employee performance of table water manufacturing firms in Enugu State Nigeria. Specifically, the study sought to: Identify the impact of safety laws enforcement on employee job satisfaction and determine the impact of establishment of factory clinic on employee job performance. Research design of the study was questionnaire survey research. The sample size of 353 respondents was taken from population of 3,052 staffs of the selected table water manufacturing firms in Enugu State namely: Juhel Company; Aquafield water company, Nigerian Bottling Company, Aqua-Rapha Investment Nigeria LtD, Pepsi table water Company, Rannco water Company and Andex water company. The research question were answered with simple percentage, mean and deviation while methods of data presentation are table and simple percentage. The hypotheses were tested with single regression. The empirical results show that safety laws enforcement has significant impact on employee job satisfaction of table water manufacturing firms in Enugu State Nigeria (t-statistic; 7.238; P-value; 0.000 < Sig-value; 0.05) and establishment of factory clinic has significant impact on employee job performance of table water manufacturing firms in Enugu State Nigeria. The study recommended that management of manufacturing firms should be periodic review of Safety Management policy issues through constant monitoring and evaluation of all safety measures to ensure adequate protection of employees at the work place.