KNOWLEDGE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAZARDS AND USE OF PPE

This study is titled knowledge of occupational health hazards and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) among petrol pumping station workers in Ogba-Egbeme-Ndoni Local Government Area of ​​Rivers State. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Reliability of the instrument was determined through test-retest method and Cronbach's Alpha was used to test for internal consistency of the instrument to obtain the reliability coefficient of 0.810. Results showed most of the petrol pumping station workers in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of ​​Rivers State are within the ages of 18-30 and this makes up 88.1%. Mean age and standard deviation was given at 24.1 ± 4.39. There was a very good knowledge of hazards associated with petrol pumping station among workers with a grand mean of 1.87. There was a good knowledge of personal protective equipment among petrol pumping station workers with a grand mean of 1.95. There was poor availability of personal protective equipment PPE with a grand mean of 1.34. There was poor use of personal protective equipment PPE among petrol pumping station workers.