Volume 2, Issue 1, 2026

BEHAVIOUR-BASED SAFETY AND EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY: A STUDY OF DANGOTE CEMENT, IBESE, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

AREMO, Michael Olanipekun OSAGIE, Reuben Ogbe & MUSA Elizabeth

Abstract

Organisations cannot compromise safety at the workplace,
because in a safe workplace environment lies the intrinsic
motivation that propels members of the organisation to give their
optimum effort without the fear of incidents that will result into
catastrophic accidents. Hence, this study examined the effect of
behaviour-based safety on employees’ performance in Dangote
Cement Plc, Ibese, Ogun State, Nigeria. The study adopted
descriptive research design, with population of study being the
entire staff (both permanent and temporary) which is 2,650
employees from which a sample size of 338 employees was drawn.
Questionnaire was developed and administered, out of which 276
copies were returned and used for analysis in line with the
hypotheses formulated. The result shows that there was a
statistically significant effect of behaviour-based safety on
employees’ performance as all of the indices returned a significant
T-values, F-values and p-values, which was enough to reject the
null hypotheses formulated. The findings led to the conclusion that
as employees embrace more behaviour-based safety through
reinforcing safety reactions, and building risk accountability
culture, then they tend to increase their productivity and efficiency.
In-line with the conclusion, it was therefore recommended that
organisations should continue to ensure an environmental culture
that fosters behaviour-based safety among others.

Keywords

Behaviour-based Safety, Building Risk Accountability Culture, Employees’ Performance, Reinforcing Safety Reactions

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