Evaluation of Occupational Health Risk Management and Performance in China: A Case Study of Gas Station Workers

Muhammad Mohsin, Hengbin Yin, Weilun Huang (), Shijun Zhang, Luyao Zhang and Ana Mehak
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Muhammad Mohsin: College of International Finance and Trade, Zhejiang YueXiu University of Foreign Languages, Shaoxing 312000, China
Hengbin Yin: School of Finance and Trade, Wenzhou Business College, Wenzhou 325035, China
Shijun Zhang: School of Finance and Trade, Wenzhou Business College, Wenzhou 325035, China
Luyao Zhang: School of Business, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
Ana Mehak: College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 7, 1-22

Abstract: China has a large number of gas stations, with which thousands of workers are associated. There is abundant online literature documenting the various occupational health risks these workers face. However, this literature has many flaws to address, and it falls short of suggesting measures to manage these risks. This study strives to fill that gap, and aims to improve the occupational health of gas station workers through comprehensive risk management and performance analysis. To this end, a reasonable volume of reliable data, i.e., 208 completed questionnaires, were analyzed through current statistical routines, viz., fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Importance Performance Analysis (IPA). These methods were employed to hierarchically organize the main factors and sub-factors of physical risk management, chemical risk management, biological risk management, physiological risk management and psychological risk management according to their appraised importance, and screen out the risk management stratagem for priority improvement. Research findings reveal that chemical risk and biological risk response schemes have the lowest performance, and need to be prioritized for improvement. Furthermore, this study argues that we can safeguard the occupational health of gas station workers through appropriate risk management strategies. It also elaborates on implications, limitations and future research directions.

Keywords: occupational health; health risk assessment; occupational accidents; risk management; IPA; AHP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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