Jimma University Business and Economics College Department of Management MPM Program

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the factors affecting occupational safety and health management practice on Ethiopian electrical utility case of Jimma branch. Organizations with positive safety culture are likely to have employees with good safety practice. Globally peoples die as result of occupational accidents and work related disease while they are not applying organizational occupational health and safety practice according to WHO guidelines. The total sample size was 151 out of 472 employees. And the data were collected using a simple random sampling technique .Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20.Correlations and regression analysis were applied to determine the effect and impact between variables. Safety communication score is low This necessitates the strengthening of good means of communication between employees and the managementthe factors associated with poor occupational safety conditions, occupational safety practice score is low. Occupational safety and health management practice in EEU requires advanced safety and healthy working situation, organizational commitment score is low, training and education and preventive and control score is low preventive and protective control measures are all that independently affect occupational safety health management practice.The results of this study revealed Organizational commitment the management team we suggest that improve workers commitment through managing effectively the health and safety practices in workplace. Therefore, In order to improve employee safety practice maintaining positive safety culture in the company is advisable.