Objective To assess enterprise employees' knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) about occupational health and safety as well as the impact factors.
Methods A total of 1 200 workers (1 050 workers responded) were randomly selected from 9 enterprises in Gaoxin District of Nanchang to fill a questionnaire which included 5 questions on occupational health and safety knowledge, 8 on attitude, and 7 on practice.
Results According to the questionnaire results, only 6.7%, 6.2%, and 6.4% of the employees didn't know “the correct procedure of safety production and usage of protective equipment”, “hazards from production”, and “warning sign and danger zone of working place”, respectively. Of all the employees investigated, 94.0% consented health and safety is more important than production; 96.1% supported that safety protocol in production must be strictly followed; 75.8% would stop working when dangers occurred; 86.1% reported that they never smoked in working places; and 89.7% attended courses on occupational safety. The results of Pearson correlation analysis showed that knowledge was positively correlated with attitude and practice, and attitude was positively correlated with practice (r=0.221, 0.405, 0.270, P<0.01 ). The results of logistic regression analysis showed that monthly income, age, gender, dietary habit, drinking behavior, enterprise ownership, and workload were the impact factors of knowledge (b'= 0.237, 0.168, 0.127,-0.134,-0.078,-0.069,-0.060 respectively, P<0.05 ); educational level and age were the impact factors of attitude (b'= 0.202, 0.105 respectively, P<0.01 ); age, dietary habit, drinking behavior, and workload were the impact factors of practice (b'= 0.123,-0.275,-0.088,-0.060 respectively, P<0.05 ).
Conclusion The employees in the selected district are generally at high levels of knowledge, attitude, and practice toward occupational health and safety. But the workers with low educational level and heavy workload should be a key group for occupational health and safety education.
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