TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Nonfatal occupational injuries among workers in microscale and small-scale woodworking enterprise in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
JO  - Journal of environmental and public health
A1  - Mulugeta, Hailemichael
A1  - Tefera, Yifokire
A1  - Gezu, Meaza
SP  - e6407236
EP  - e6407236
VL  - 2020
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: Microscale and small-scale industries have been widely expanded in low-income countries, including Ethiopia, as a job opportunity for young workers, which makes workers vulnerable to injury. Woodworking is one of the high-risk jobs in this sector due to the use of hazardous tools and machineries. Therefore, the aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of injury and associated contributing factors of this sector. <br><br>METHODS: A cross-sectional study design was conducted among 634 workers selected from 194 microscale and small-scale woodworking enterprises in Addis Ababa. Data were collected using a structured interview questionnaire and observation checklist from February to March 2016. Occupational injuries were documented according to the ILO operational definition. Descriptive statistics and multivariable analyses were used to characterize the data and to identify the factors associated with injury at a <i>p</i> value <0.05, respectively. <br><br>RESULT: A total of 625 (98.6%) workers were interviewed. The prevalence of occupational injury was 92 (14.7%) in the past 12 months. Workers with khat chewing behavior (AOR: 2.25, 95% CI (1.04, 4.85)), job dissatisfaction (AOR: 2.89, 95% CI (1.75, 4.76)), work-related stress (AOR: 4.79, 95% CI (1.69-13.58)), job categories (AOR: 3.52, 95% CI (1.08, 11.41)) and workplace characteristics such as unguarded machines (AOR: 3.32 (1.21, 9.11)), and inadequate work space (AOR: 3.85 (1.14, 13.04)) were significantly associated with occupational injury. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The prevalence of nonfatal occupational injuries among workers in this study was substantially high. Workers' behavior, psychosocial issues, and work-related characteristics played a causal role in the occurrence of occupational injury. Therefore, workers' safety protection and behavioral intervention should be initiated.<br><br>Copyright © 2020 Hailemichael Mulugeta et al.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1687-9805
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6407236
ID  - ref1
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