The Effect of Occupational Health and Safety on Employee Engagement with Special Reference to Ceylon Petroleum Corporation in Sri Lanka

Employee engagement got influenced by various factors such as Information and training, safety awareness, employee behaviour, the role of the supervisor, health and safety reporting mechanisms, workplace safety inspection, and workplace environment. Occupational health and safety focuses on preventing work-related injuries and diseases, as well as protecting and promoting healthy workers. Occupational health and safety have recently become a much priority, owing to growing evidence of significant loss and suffering caused by occupational diseases and ill-health in a variety of industries. The objective of the study was to identify the effect of occupational health and safety on employee engagement in Ceylon Petroleum Corporation in Sri Lanka. The sample of the study was 217 operational level employees of sapugaskanda refinery, Kagalle, Kurunegala, and Kandy Area Office in Ceylon Petroleum Corporation. The study used a cluster sampling method.

The study was conducted in quantitative nature and eight hypotheses were tested using Pearson Correlation Analysis and Multiple Regression Analysis by deploying the SPSS software (version 21). Based on the findings and discussion, most occupational health and safety were found to have been adopted by the organization while employee engagement was a continuous and flexible process that involved operational level employees in Ceylon Petroleum Corporation. The study found that Occupational Health and Safety leads to measurable improvements in workplace employee engagement, and that implementing preventative techniques has considerable human and economic advantages.