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    Assessment of occupational injury and associated factors among Mugher cement factory workers, Mugher, Ethiopia
    (Addis Abeba Universty, 2014-06) Gebretsadik, Mulu; Kumie, Abera (PhD)
    Back ground-Throughout the world, occupational exposure to cement dust and noise continue to cause serious public health problems and are leading cause of disability and disease among workers. There are 2 million work-related deaths annually worldwide. Studies done in Ethiopia on textile factory, Iron and steel factory and among small and medium scale industries, occupational injury is the cause for hospitalization, disability and death of workers. There is no study done on the prevalence and associated factors of occupational injury in cement factory. Objectives-this study investigated the prevalence and determinants of occupational injuries among cement factory workers in Mugher. Methods -An institution based cross sectional study complemented with work place observation checklist and record review was conducted. Stratified random sampling by job category was used to get the desired sampling unit. The study participants were selected using simple random sampling technique, lottery method. Data was collected by trained data collectors using pretested Amharic version questionnaire through face to face interview of the study participants after getting ethical clearance from responsible bodies and informed verbal consent from study participants. The raw data was edited, entered in to a computer using Epi Info version 3.5.0 then exported to IBM SPSS version 21 and cleaned. Data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 21. Bivariate analysis &multivariate analysis was done.95% confidence interval and p-value <0.05 was used. Results: The prevalence of occupational injury in one year was 10.4%.There was one report with disability .In addition, 1356 working days were lost as a result of 52 work related injuries.Thirty seven (71.2%) were hospitalized, accounting for 51.4% hospitalization for more than 24 hours, 18(34.6%) were absent from work for 15-30 days .The significant contributing factor for occupational injuries was job category. Workers in the cement production were 74.7% less likely to experience occupational injury than workers in clinker production [AOR= 0.25, CI :( 0.100-0.639)], workers in the raw material production had 73.6 % less likely to experience occupational injury than workers in the clinker production [AOR= 0.26, CI :( 0.107-0.653)]. Conclusion and recommendation: The prevalence of occupational injury was 10.4%. Job category increased the risk of work related injuries. Preventive measures like provision of adequate and quality safety materials timely and work place supervision should get focus.