PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF WORK RELATED INJURY AMONG SAUDI STAR AGRO INDUSTRY WORKERS IN GAMBELLA REGION, ETHIOPIA, 2014

Abstract

Introduction: Work injury is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, much of this work injury burden can be found in industry required heavy manual work such as plant and manufacture, agriculture and fishers. Agricultural injury is consistently cited as one of the most hazardous industry in the nations especially in developing country. Because of unsafe working environment, lack of awareness and limited trained professionals Objective: To assess the prevalence and associated factors of work related injury among Saudi star agro industry workers, Gambella region, south west Ethiopia Method: An institutional based cross-sectional study design was conducted the presented study in Gambella region, Abobo woreda from February -June 2014 on 449 randomly select workers after stratification by working department. A work environment observation checklist, factory clinical records and a structured questionnaire based interview were used. Descriptive, bivariate and Multivariate logistic regression analysis were conducted using SPSS version 16. Results; the overall work related injury prevalence was 36.7 %.per 100 Exposed workers per year. Working more than 48 hours per week [AOR;8.53, 95%; CI;( 4.91- 14.73 ),Being Marred [AOR;1.6, 95%; CI;( 1.01- 2.57 ), service year 3 [AOR;2.05,95%; CI;( 1.22- 3.29 ), Absence of safety training[ AOR;4.89, 95%;CI;(1.37- 17.4 ),Absence of regular health checkup[ AOR; 4.06, 95%; CI ( 1.1-14.99) and using of Personal protective equipment [AOR; 2.54, 95%; CI; ( 1.15- 5.64) were significant factors for the occurrence of work related injury. Conclusion; and recommendation the prevalence rate was 36.7%. Working hours, safety training and regular health checkup increases the risk of work related injury. Ongoing health and safety information and training, Use of personal protective equipment should be emphasizing to promote health and safety condition of the worker.