Knowledge and Perceptions of safety risks in conventional x-ray film processing in Gauteng, Mpumalanga and North West Province, South Africa

Data Set
The ‘perceptions of safety at the workplace’ was measured using a 5-point Likert Scale (strongly disagree to strongly agree, where category 1 = highly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = do not know, 4 = agree and 5 = strongly agree). The number of categories was consolidated from five (5) to three (3), where category 1 represents strongly disagree, disagree and do not know, which denotes poor perceptions; category 2 represents agree which denotes average perceptions; and lastly, category 3 represents strongly agree and denotes high perceptions of safety at the workplace.
The effectiveness of OHS training was assessed using the following variables:
• knowledge of the constituents of processing chemicals
• perceptions about the danger of processing chemicals, i.e. whether the chemicals are hazardous or toxic
• perceptions of the importance of protection from exposure to processing chemicals
• knowledge of Darkroom Diseases
• perceptions of susceptibility to Darkroom Disease
• perceptions of the threat of Darkroom Disease to one’s health