The Incidence of Injuries and Their Determinants in Akaki Textile Factory A. A. Region

dc.contributor.advisorW, George. (PhD)
dc.contributor.authorSenbeto, Elias
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-21T06:27:42Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-05T15:16:03Z
dc.date.available2022-03-21T06:27:42Z
dc.date.available2023-11-05T15:16:03Z
dc.date.issued1991-03
dc.description.abstractA descriptive and case control study was done to observe the incidence of injuries and their determinants in Akaki textile factory. There were a total of 143 accidents during the study period giving an incidence density of 200 per 1000 person years. This is very high in comparison to developed countries. The most frequent cause of injury was machinery (29.4%), and hit by/against objects (20 . 3%) . Most of the accidents occurred in the Weaving department (109.2 per 1000 exposed workers). From our study , we found out that most accidents occurred on Mondays {35. 7%) and on Fridays(17.5%). The most common time of accidents was from 8am to lOam . The most common parts of the body which were affected by accidents were finger (42%), lower leg(18.9%), hand (13.3%). The most frequent type of accidents were prick (32.9%), laceration (30.8%), and bruise (16.8%). From the result of our study, 87.4% of the interviewed workers were not wearing personal protective devices and 86.1% had not taken safety training. 1001 total man days was lost due to 143 accidents over a period of 12 weeks. More injuries occurred in those workers who were below the age of 30 years as compared to those above 30 year (p <.05), and more injuries occurred in those workers who were above 6lli grade (p<.05). Recommendations in how to reduce the rate of accidents are made.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/30706
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAddis Ababa Universityen_US
dc.subjectIncidence of Injuriesen_US
dc.titleThe Incidence of Injuries and Their Determinants in Akaki Textile Factory A. A. Regionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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