The impacts of the health and safety programmes on the performance, at Arusha Airport Authority

The aim of this study was to assess the impacts of the occupational health and safety programmes on organization performance, a case study of Arusha airport authority. The study was centered on examining the management processes that’s shows commitment on health and safety programmes, the health and safety management systems within an organization context, the contributions of occupational health and safety programmes on performance, and identify the challenges affecting the implementation of health and safety programmes at workplace. A case study approach was used and 31 respondents were sampled, however 23 responses were received. Semi-structure interviews and self-administered questionnaire with both open-ended and close-ended questions was used to collect data. Data was analyzed using Microsoft excel and presented by frequency tables, charts and description. The results from the analysis of respondents revealed that there was a reasonable impacts of occupational health and safety programme to the organization. However, there were challenges which hinder the 100 percent of successful occupational health and safety at Arusha airport authority. Training and education, involvement of staffs, conforming to the budget, and motivation were recommended by the researcher