The aim of this study was to examine the influence of organizational factors on safety performance in oil and gas companies in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This is a cross-sectional study using questionnaires administered electronically to employees working in these companies to gather data on various organizational factors, including management commitment, communication, leadership, and worker involvement. The reliability of the instrument was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha, and path analysis was used to examine the relationships between organizational factors and safety performance. The results of the study showed that positive organizational factors tend to significantly influence safety compliance and participation positively, while they influence accidents and near misses negatively. These findings suggest that organizations should focus on improving organizational factors in order to enhance safety performance in the oil and gas industry.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of organizational factors and safety performances among local and multinational oil and gas companies in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This is a cross-sectional study for which questionnaires were used as the instrument to gather data from employees in both local and multinational companies. Principal component analysis was used to understand the relationship between the organizational factors and the Oil and Gas Company types. Mann-Whitney test was used to check for significant differences in the organizational factors between the two types of companies. The mean response for management commitment for local and multinational companies were 3.34 and 3.56 respectively. For safety participation, the mean response for local and multinational companies were 3.33 and 3.62 respectively. The results of the study showed that multinational companies had a significantly higher level of organizational and safety performance factors compared to local companies. These organizational factors included management commitment to safety, safety policies/procedures, safety training, and communication. The findings of this study suggest that national culture may play a role in shaping the organizational factors and safety performance of oil and gas companies. Multinational companies, which operate in a variety of different cultural contexts, may be better equipped to adapt to different safety regulations and cultural expectations, which may contribute to their higher levels of organizational factors related to safety. Further research is needed to understand the specific ways in which national culture may influence safety performance in the oil and gas industry.

This study aims to investigate the likelihood of hazard occurrence, the frequency level, the level of severity, and the consequences of work-related hazards in Offshore Installations. This study was a cross-sectional design assessment and the instrument used for this study was a well-structured questionnaire on Analysis of Work-related Accidents which was sent to e-mails of oil and gas workers. The reliability of the instrument was assessed using Cronbach's alpha. Data analyses were carried out using descriptive statistics, Risk Matrix, and Fault tree analysis. The 4 by 4 risk assessment matrix for the likelihood and consequences showed that 12 of the hazard were categorized as having high risk and Wind/Strong current was classified as extreme risk,  However, 5 of the identified hazards, H5, H6, H7, H8 & H10 are risks that can be easily controlled to prevent an incident from occurring. All the offshore risks identified were either rated as high or extreme, which indicated that offshore hazards have severe consequences for the People, Environment, Asset and Reputation of the company. Therefore, high safety measures must be put in place to control these risks.

This study aimed to find out the effect of Demographic factors on work-related Injuries in the Oil and Gas Industry in the Niger Delta Region in Nigeria. The research method that was used for this study was a correlation design to test the demographic variables and how related they were to work-related injuries The instrument used for this study was a well-structured questionnaire on Analysis of Work-related Accidents which was sent to e-mails of oil and gas workers in Akwa Ibom state and the Rivers state of Nigeria for the collection of data to provide answers to the questions. The reliability of the instrument was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha which was 0.767, Different statistical test methods (Mann-Whitney, Kruskal Wallis, z-test, ANOVA and Dunn’s test) were used. The findings revealed that gender does not play any significant role in work-related injuries with p-values greater than 0.05, Education plays a role in certain types of injuries i.e. (contusion and MSDs with P-values of 0.013 and 0.015 respectively, and musculoskeletal disorders were the common types of injuries experienced by staff with a p-value of 0.05. Fractures and Amputations were experienced by workers who have spent above 16 years working offshore with p-values of 0.031, 0.035 and 0.020, 0 & 022 respectively. In Summary, certain demographic factors have effect on work-related Injuries.

This study investigated the quantitative risk assessment of the naval ships operating within Niger-Delta, Nigeria. Descriptive and analytical research designs were adopted. Three accidents prevalent in naval ships and the associated hazards that caused these accidents were identified using the Nigerian Navy safety ledger (2010-2019). The accidents are Slip and fall accidents, Electrical accidents and Mooring operation accidents. The risk assessment was conducted by ranking of the hazards based on their risk rating using Conventional Risk Assessment (CRA) which involved multiplying the likelihood of the hazards to cause harm and the severity of the harm when it occurs. The severity and likelihood of the hazards were obtained using questionnaire and the respondents were forty-four (44) principal officers in the Eleven (11) naval ships. The results obtained were used to carry out Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and the final outcome of the FTA revealed that the three main causes of these three accidents were poor management, lack of safety awareness and consciousness and violation of rules of safety on-board. It was then recommended, among others, that safety managers on-board naval ships should organize safety workshops for naval personnel to improve their safety awareness. Given that all the prevailing accidents, naval ships and major naval officers were not involved in this study is the major limitation of this study. It is recommended that more studies be carried out using other risk assessment tool like the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).