Assessment of occupational injury and associated factors among municipal solid waste management workers in Gondar town and Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia, 2012

Abstract

This cross sectional study design was conducted to assess occupational injury and associated factors among municipal solid waste management workers in Gondar town and Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia, 2012. Four hundred, eighty two workers were taken as study subjects and data were collected by face to face interview. The overall annual prevalence rate of work related injury was 63.9 %.The one month period incidence, on another hand, was 11.7%. The severity of injury was also assessed by days lost due to injury: 110(35.7%) workers had non-serious accident which requires 1- 3 days’ absence from work and 77(25%) workers had serious accident which requires more than 3 days’ absence from work. In the study areas, high prevalence of work related injury (63.9%) was reported. And old age, low educational status, engaged in two or more work categories, absence of health and safety training, Provision/utilization of personal protective equipments, sleeping disorder and alcohol consumption were identified as factors associated with work related injury.