Ebiza, Apple M. <br/><br/>
Occupational hazards and risk management practice in selected poultry farms in Cavite / 
by Apple M. Ebiza, Coraima O. Grapilon and Ma. Guilly Mae S. Lina. 
 - Indang, Cavite :  Cavite State University- Main Campus,  2019. 
 - xvi, 72 pages :   illustrations ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> Thesis (Bachelor of Science in Business  Management Major in Operational Management) Cavite State University. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>College of Economics, Management and Development Studies (CEMDS), Department of Management  College of Economics, Management and Development Studies (CEMDS), Department of Management 
<br/><br/> EBIZA, APPLE M., CRAPILON, CORA{MA O., AND LINA, MA. CULLY MAE S.,<br/>Undergraduate Thesis. Bachelor of Science in Business Management major in<br/>Operations Management. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. June 2019. Adviser:<br/>Engr. Gilberto S. David.<br/><br/>The study was primarily conducted to determine the occupational hazards and risk<br/>management practices in selected poultry farms in Cavite. Specifically, it aimed to<br/>determine: (a) the socio-demographic profile of the farmers of selected poultry farms; (b) the<br/>business profile of selected poultry farms; (c) the occupational hazards and risks encountered<br/>by the farmers; (d) the severity level of occupational hazards and risks; (e) the current<br/>practices being implemented in selected poultry farms; and (f) the significant relationship<br/>behveen the management practices and the business profile. The study was conducted in six<br/>towns in Cavite, namely: Indang, Maragondon, Maga"anes, General Emilio Aguina'do (Bailen),<br/>Dasmarifias City, and Trece Martires City from January to June 2019.<br/>There were 125 participants involved in this study. The socio-economic characteristics<br/>of the participants such as age, sex, civil status, level of education, and the number of years of<br/>farming experience, and their business profile such as number of years in business, capacity of<br/>the farm, and current population of birds were all described through the use of frequency<br/>counts and percentage while the level of severity of risks and occupational hazards and the<br/>level of implementation of risk management practices and personnel health and safety<br/>practices were analyzed through the use of a five-point Likert scale, mean, and standard<br/>deviation.<br/>The findings revealed that majority of the participants belong to the age group of 15 to 26<br/>years old (40%). The study further revealed that these participants are male (92%); married<br/>(51.2%); finished secondary education (49.6%); worked as flockmen and same positions (68%);<br/>and had farming experiences ranging from five years and below (66.4%).<br/>Moreover, the findings also showed that majority of the farms involved in the study were<br/>operational for 6 to 11 years (41.03%). They had less than 24,199 population of (74.36%); and<br/>a Size ranging from I to 1.99 hectares (46.15%). These came from the municipality of<br/>Magallanes (30.8%). Majority of these Poultry' raisers were into broiler production (84.6%).<br/>Additionally, the given risk situations were at low severity level while occupational<br/>hazards were rarely happening. These denote that they were occurring but did not pose as a<br/>major threat to the overall operation of the farms. These further suggest that the participants<br/>were risk averse. This means that they are cautious on the possible risks and hazards and<br/>prepare countermeasures to lessen the negative effect of the risk situations and occupational<br/>hazards.<br/>Results also revealed that risk management practices were found to be always<br/>implemented while personnel health and safety practices were often implemented and<br/><br/>maintained. These denote positive result since these indicate that owners of selected poultry<br/>farms in Cavite were considering the safety and health of their chickens as well as their<br/>workers and adequately protecting them from poultry related hazards that might bring negative<br/>effects on the overall operation of the farms.<br/>Furthermore, a moderately positive relationship was found between the risk<br/>management practices and bird population. However, the risk management practices had no<br/>significant relationship with the business profile considering the years of operation and farm<br/>size. Also, there was a moderately positive correlation between the personnel health and safety<br/>practices and business profile considering the farm size and bird population. As found, the<br/>number of years of operation had no significant relationship with the personnel health and<br/>safety practices.<br/>With these findings, it can be concluded that selected poultry farms in Cavite are<br/>conforming well to the risk management and personnel health and safety practices which<br/>indicate the participants' awareness towards the risks and hazards in their farms. Further study<br/>covering all poultry farms in Cavite could be conducted to come up with more comprehensive<br/>results. In addition, factors such as educational attainment and number of years of farming<br/>experience of the workers may be used by future researchers to determine whether they have a<br/>relationship with the implementation of risk management and personnel health and safety<br/>practices. Lastly, future researchers who would like to conduct similar studies may only focus on<br/>a specific type of poultry - layer, broiler, and breeder. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Risk management<br/>Poultry industry--Risk assessment<br/> Poultry
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.155   / Eb4 2019