Assessment of occupational injury and associated factors among building construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2021.
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2021-06
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Addis Abeba University
Abstract
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) describesoccupational injury as an
epidemic problem in the field of public health in underdeveloped countries.An occupational
injury is defined as any personal damage or loss of human life due to the consequences of an
occupational accident.Work-related injuries are significantly associated with various factors
including employing young workers, low literacy workers, low work experiences, and not using
PPE.
Objective: This study aimed toassess prevalence of occupational injury and associated factors
among building construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2021.
Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted in selected construction sites governed under
Addis Ababa administration construction office in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia.Data were
collected via face-to-face interviews. The collected data wereentered using the epi data version
4.2.0 and exported to SPSS version 26 for further analysis and interpretations.Bothbivariate and
multivariate logistic regression analysis wereperformed to see the association. P-value less than
0.05 was considered statistically significant and finally, the result of the study was presented by
using texts, tables, and figures.
Results: Out of the total 220 study participants, 88(40%) workers reported occupational injury
during the past 12 months and the main causes of injury were struck by an object 24(27.2%), and
falling at ground level 23(26.1%). Workers who had employed temporarily 2.6 times high risk
for occupational injury than those of workers who had employed permanently (AOR [95%)=2.694[1.021, 7.104]). Workers who have less than two years’ experience were 2.8 times high
risk for occupational injury than those of workers who have greater than two years (AOR
[95%]= 2.892[1.468,5.697]). Workers who work greater than 48 hours per week 2.3 times more
injured than workers who work less or equals to 48 hours per week (AOR [95%]=
2.346[1.345,4.092]).
Conclusion and recommendation: This study finding showed that there is highoccupational
injury and this might be due to lack of work experience, prolonged working hours per week.So it
is recommended that occupational health training to all construction workers and limiting working time to less than 48 hours per week will havegreater effect to reduce occupational
injury.
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Occupational injury, construction workers, personal protective equipment, health and safety training.