Environmental Safety, Stress Levels and Gas Stations' Workers' Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Occupational Health Hazards

Background: Gas stations have an adverse influence on the environment and workers' health
due to the chemicals and physical risks they contain. So, this study aimed to assess
environmental safety, stress levels and gas stations' workers' knowledge, attitude and practices
regarding occupational health hazards. Subject and Method: Research Design: A
descriptive cross-sectional study design. Setting: All gas stations in Assiut City (11stations)
that affiliated to Ministry of Petroleum, Egypt Gas Station Directory. Subjects: 140 gas
stations' workers. Tools of data collection: Three tools were utilized; Tool (1): A structure
interview questionnaire that consisted of five parts; workers' personal data, socio-
demographic status assessment scale, knowledge of the occupational health risks associated
with gas stations, workers' reported practices and workers' attitude toward occupational health
hazards. Tools (2): Assessment of the gas stations' working environment. Tools (3):
Assessment of workers' stress levels. Results: It was observed that 54.3% of the workers were
from urban area, their mean age ranged from 19.0 to 57.0, 64.3% of them had good
knowledge with significant effect with residence, times of work and daily working hours.
Also, there was effect of working hours and attainting courses on their reported practices and
working times& working hours on workers' stress level. Conclusion: Less than two-thirds of
gas stations' workers had high level of knowledge and had positive attitude, more than half of
them had unsatisfactory reported practices and approximately two-thirds experienced
moderate level of stress. Recommendations: It would be beneficial to establish ongoing
training programs for gas stations' workers about occupational health hazards.