The incidence of Injuries and Their Determinants in Akaki Textile Factory
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1991-03
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Addis Abeba Universty
Abstract
A 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 6~
grade (p<.05). Recommendations in how to reduce the rate
of accidents are made.
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The incidence of Injuries