Prevalence and associated factors of occupational injury among glass factory workers in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.
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2020-10
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Addis Abeba University
Abstract
Background: - In manufacturing industries, workplace injuries and property damages were
highly significant and becoming bigger than before in developing countries. Body of pieces of
evidence showed that injuries are common among workers involved in the glass manufacturing
industry; cuts, burns are the common one, however, there is insufficient evidence on the
magnitude and associated predictors in Ethiopia. Thus, the study aimed to assess the prevalence
of occupational injuries and associated factors among glass factory workers in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, 2018/2019.
Methods: - Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from April to May, 2019, on
363 randomly selected workers after stratified by working department. A structured questionnaire
and observational checklists were used to collect the data. The collected data were entered into
Epi-data 3.1 software and transported to SPSS version 23.0 software for analyses. Bivariate
logistic regression was used to identify candidate variables and multivariate logistic regression
was employed to identify independent predictors of occupational injuries and to control
confounders.
Results: The overall occupational injury rate was 58.3% workers per year. Twenty-one (11.1%)
injured workers were hospitalized. A total of 254 workdays were lost, being 2.54 days lost on
average per an injured worker. Service duration of five years or less in the present job
[AOR=5.052, 95% CI: (1.886-13.535)], absence of health and safety information [AOR: 2.371,
95% CI: (1.375- 3.955)], sleeping disorder [AOR: 3.073, 95% CI: (1.535- 6.153)] and use of
personal protective devices [AOR: 6.506, 95% CI: (2.645- 16.000] were significant factors to
occupational injuries in glass factories. Work section of forming [AOR: 14.04, 95% CI: (4.26846.179)]
was
also
another
factor
positively
affecting
injuries.
Conclusion:
working section, work experience in the present job, health and safety information,
sleeping disorder and absence of protective devices increases the risk of occupational injuries.
Ongoing health and safety information and/or training, periodic supervision, and occupational
health and safety services should be emphasized to promote the health and safety conditions of
the worker. Thus more attention should be given to these industries to improve occupational
safety measures and a safe working environment and promoting health and safety for their
workers.
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Occupational injury, prevalence, associated factors, glass factory, Addis Ababa