Assessment of occupational injury and associated factors among Mugher cement factory workers, Mugher, Ethiopia
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2014-06
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Addis Abeba Universty
Abstract
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.
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Assessment of occupational injury