Magnitude and Characteristics of Occupational injury in Kombolcha textile factory, North East Ethiopia
Background: Working environment is one of the factors which can determine public health conditions as many workers spend a large portion of their time at work. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the magnitude and characteristics of occupational injury among workers in Kombolcha textile f...
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| author | Serkalem S Yessuf Haimanot Gebrehiwot Moges Ansha N Ahmed |
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| description | Background: Working environment is one of the factors which can determine public health conditions as many workers spend a large portion of their time at work. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the magnitude and characteristics of occupational injury among workers in Kombolcha textile factory, North East Ethiopia. Methods: Institution based cross-sectional study design was conducted from April1-15, 2013 among 455 randomly selected workers after stratification by working departments. A structured questionnaire based interview, review of records of injury report and walk through survey using work environment observation checklist were used to support the self-reported information. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis using SPSS version 20. Results: The overall occupational injury prevalence rate was 36.9%. Puncture, abrasion/laceration, fracture, cut and back pain were the most common types of injury. Most of the sources of injury were due to machinery, lifting heavy objects, splinters, fall and hand tools. Conclusion: The magnitude of occupational injury at Kombolcha textile industry showed a high prevalence that indicates the need to work on integrated injury prevention by mainstreaming occupational health and safety procedures in all working departments of the factory. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-48f4b1c99cec4d3b83c540aace3e46eb2022-12-21T18:34:25ZengOccupational Health and Safety Society of NepalInternational Journal of Occupational Safety and Health2091-08782091-08782014-02-01322529Magnitude and Characteristics of Occupational injury in Kombolcha textile factory, North East EthiopiaSerkalem S YessufHaimanot Gebrehiwot MogesAnsha N AhmedBackground: Working environment is one of the factors which can determine public health conditions as many workers spend a large portion of their time at work. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the magnitude and characteristics of occupational injury among workers in Kombolcha textile factory, North East Ethiopia. Methods: Institution based cross-sectional study design was conducted from April1-15, 2013 among 455 randomly selected workers after stratification by working departments. A structured questionnaire based interview, review of records of injury report and walk through survey using work environment observation checklist were used to support the self-reported information. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis using SPSS version 20. Results: The overall occupational injury prevalence rate was 36.9%. Puncture, abrasion/laceration, fracture, cut and back pain were the most common types of injury. Most of the sources of injury were due to machinery, lifting heavy objects, splinters, fall and hand tools. Conclusion: The magnitude of occupational injury at Kombolcha textile industry showed a high prevalence that indicates the need to work on integrated injury prevention by mainstreaming occupational health and safety procedures in all working departments of the factory.https://ijoshnepal.com/file/96/downloadoccupational injurytextile factorysafetyprevalenceinjury characteristics. |
| spellingShingle | Serkalem S Yessuf Haimanot Gebrehiwot Moges Ansha N Ahmed Magnitude and Characteristics of Occupational injury in Kombolcha textile factory, North East Ethiopia International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health occupational injury textile factory safety prevalence injury characteristics. |
| title | Magnitude and Characteristics of Occupational injury in Kombolcha textile factory, North East Ethiopia |
| title_full | Magnitude and Characteristics of Occupational injury in Kombolcha textile factory, North East Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Magnitude and Characteristics of Occupational injury in Kombolcha textile factory, North East Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Magnitude and Characteristics of Occupational injury in Kombolcha textile factory, North East Ethiopia |
| title_short | Magnitude and Characteristics of Occupational injury in Kombolcha textile factory, North East Ethiopia |
| title_sort | magnitude and characteristics of occupational injury in kombolcha textile factory north east ethiopia |
| topic | occupational injury textile factory safety prevalence injury characteristics. |
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