The Practices and Challenges of Occupational Health and Safety in Ethiopia: the Case of Akaki Textile and Garment Factory
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mekonnen, Worku (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tibebe, Solomon | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-17T06:35:31Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T10:18:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-17T06:35:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T10:18:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study assessed the current challenges of occupational health and safety practices and the extent of occupational health hazards of the textile workers as well as the cost implication of these work-related incidents and diseases among ATF. Four main categories of Akaki textile and garment factory workers were targeted in AACA. The sample consisted of 240 workers taking respondents randomly from each of the four work categories according to their workers number proportionately. The study indicated that work in the factory severely affected worker’s health, as most activities are insecure, hazardous and take place in unhealthy and unsafe environment. In the study area the particular nature of work in the integrated textile manufacturing created various types of health hazards among the selected respondents such as headache, eye and skin infection, back and chest pain, asthma, loss of interest and mental fatigue. Results of the study showed that the highest 32 percent of the workers reported that they were affected by physical hazards, followed by 26 percent by chemical hazards and the total economic cost of work related injuries and illness among the four work departments for the last Ethiopian budget year(2013/2014) was Birr. 13,090. From the foregoing, a major recommendation is that both government and employing authority should ensure that they adhere strictly to International Labour Organization safety and working conditions or standard in order to increase productivity through improved welfare and health of workers | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/8867 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Garment factory | en_US |
| dc.title | The Practices and Challenges of Occupational Health and Safety in Ethiopia: the Case of Akaki Textile and Garment Factory | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |