Occupational Accident and Protection of Temporary Workers' Rights in Nigerian Manufacturing Companies: A Study of Selected Manufacturing Companies in Lagos State, Nigeria

The Nigerian Factories Act of 1987, 2004 and 2010 required every work organisations in Nigeria to put in place adequate health and safety measures for protection of factory workers against any occupational accidents. However, these factory Acts in reality are still very far from achieving the expected results due to high rate of occupational related injuries and accidents recording daily in most manufacturing companies which oftentimes lead to either physical dishabilles or death. Arising from this, it could be inferred that occupational accident and protection of temporary workers' rights' based on the provisions of Nigerian Factories Act is a subject of controversies due to poor penalty and compensational provisions offered the affected victims. In line with the foregoing, this study adopts a qualitative method to investigate occupational accident and protection of temporary workers' rights in Nigerian manufacturing companies with aim of proffering working solutions.