Determinants of Occupational Injury among the condominium house construction workers of Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia. Unmatched case control study
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2013-06
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Addis Abeba Universty
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Back ground of the study: Occupational injuries constitute global public health burden from which millions of workers die each year from unintentional work related accidents causing economic loss. The construction industry has been identified as one of the hazardous industries in Ethiopia; a significant number of people are working in the industry.
Objective of the study: To assess factors of Occupational Injury among the condominium house construction workers of Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia.
Methods: Institution based unmatched case control study design was done to assess the determinant of occupational injury among the condominium house construction workers in Addis Ababa city. Five large scale condominium house construction site was selected based on the number of worker (n>250) and number of condom unit (>=2500) constructed. Sample of 576 study participants were included in the study by one to two cases to control ratio (192 cases and 384 controls). Study subjects were selected using simple random sampling technique. Data collection was made by using pre-tested questionnaire. Work environment observation was held to strengthen the information with quantitative findings of environmental determinants. EPI INFO 3.5.1 version computer software package was used for editing, cleaning, coding, and check completeness and consistency of data. Variables with 95% confidence interval and P value at <0.2 during the bivariate analysis were included in the multivariate logistic regression analysis to see the effect of confounding variables.
Result: Socio demographic and most environmental factors had no association on the occurrence occupational injury among the condominium house construction workers only health and safety information access had association; some behavioral factor such as use of personal protective equipment (AOR [95%Cl] = 2.24 [1.26, 3.93]), sleep disturbance (AOR [95%Cl] = 8.67 [5.30, 14.20]), workers who were unsatisfied by their work (AOR [95%Cl] = 2.14 [1.26, 3.93]), smoking cigarette (AOR [95%Cl] = 2.38 [1.45, 3.89]), and drank alcohol (AOR [95%Cl] = 2.15 [1.38, 3.34]) were significantly associated with the occurrence of occupational injury. Most environmental health and safety matters such as warning sign, ladders inspected, portable circular saws were equipped with protective guards, unsafe handling of material prohibited by supervisors were not fulfilled with in all construction site.
Conclusion and recommendation: Behavioral factors sleep disturbance, not satisfying by work, alcohol consumption, smoking cigarette, not using personal protective equipment increase the risk of occupational injury. Safety training of workers and continuous monitoring of working site can play an important role in reducing occupational injury.
Key word: occupational injury; socio demographic, environmental, and behavioral factors; condominium house worker.
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occupational injury; socio demographic, environmental, and behavioral factors; condominium house worker.