Safety Awareness among Display Screen Equipment Operators in Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State

The purpose of the study was to investigate safety awareness among display screen equipment operators in tertiary institutions in Rivers state. This study adopted a descriptive research design. A sample of 333 respondents were selected from a population of 934 display screen equipment operators in Tertiary institutions in Rivers State through a multistage sampling procedure. A validated self-structured instrument titled “Safety Awareness Questionnaire†with a reliability index of 0.88 was used to collect data for the study. Data collected were analyzed using SPSS version 26.0. The statistical tools employed include: Percentage and Chi Square. The findings revealed that: The display screen equipment operators were highly aware of the OHS hazards inherent in their work environment (87.47%); and there was a significant difference in the level of awareness of OHS hazard among the display screen equipment operators based on level of education (P 0.05). It was concluded that: the display screen equipment operator practices were highly aware of the occupational health and safety hazards inherent in their work environment. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that health education experts should collaborate with government and non-government agents to provide health education interventions tailored to address level of awareness of different demographic groups of the display screen equipment operators, particularly focusing on gender and work experience.