Abstract
Background Ethiopia is one of the economically fastest growing countries in the world. Industries in Ethiopia are booming, and Bahir Dar is one of the industrial zones in the country. The city administration is planning to recruit the majority of the workforce in these industries. However, injuries related to occupations in the industries are not that much studied yet. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of occupational injury and its associated factors among industrial workers in the Bahir Dar city of Northwest Ethiopia. Methods and Materials Institution-based cross-sectional study design was used. Multistage stratified random sampling technique was employed to select 846 study participants from each stratum (small-, medium-, and large-scale industries). Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 21. Binary logistic regression was employed to determine the existence of an association between dependent and independent variables. Result A total of 803 participants were included in the study with a response rate of 95%. The mean age of respondents was 28.9 years (SD ± 8 years). Five hundred nine (63.4%) were occupationally injured in the last 12 months. Sex (AOR = 3.66, 95% CI = (2.53–5.29)), employment status (AOR = 7.33, 95% CI = (3.31–16.22)), regular health and safety supervision (AOR = 2.66, 95% CI= (1.79–3.96)), training prior to entry to actual work (AOR = 3.18, 95% CI= (2.14–4.74)), and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) (AOR = 2.48, 95% CI= (1.74–3.56)) were significantly associated with occupational injury. Conclusion The prevalence of occupational injury in this research is found to be very high. It is advisable to provide sustainable training and regular occupational health and safety supervision for industrial workers in the city. Moreover, research has to be conducted to know the reasons for the difference in the prevalence of occupational injury between large-, medium-, and small-scale industries.
Highlights
Ethiopia is one of the economically fastest growing countries in the world
Occupational injury is any unintentional physical damage or harm to the body tissue from occupational exposure. is includes abnormal condition or disorder that caused an illness that result in death, loss of consciousness, or work absences by the work environment sustained on the worker in connection with the performance of his/her job but does not include work-related diseases that need exposure assessment or laboratory test examination [1]
It is obvious that occupational injuries are a source of huge human and economic cost, and 4% of global gross domestic product (GDP) was estimated to be lost economically. e burden is for the individual worker and for the organization, community, and societal and national levels at large
Summary
Ethiopia is one of the economically fastest growing countries in the world. Industries in Ethiopia are booming, and Bahir Dar is one of the industrial zones in the country. e city administration is planning to recruit the majority of the workforce in these industries. Injuries related to occupations in the industries are not that much studied yet. Erefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of occupational injury and its associated factors among industrial workers in the Bahir Dar city of Northwest Ethiopia. It is advisable to provide sustainable training and regular occupational health and safety supervision for industrial workers in the city. Research has to be conducted to know the reasons for the difference in the prevalence of occupational injury between large-, medium-, and small-scale industries. According to a study conducted among 268 smaller industrial workers in Norway, the injury rate of 317 per 1000 exposed workers was observed in a one-year period [8], while a study conducted in the United States (US) showed that among large industrial workers, 75 per 1000 exposed workers injured per year [9] E International Labor Organization (ILO) 2018 report indicated that the global number of work-related fatal and nonfatal accidents and diseases does not seem to have changed significantly during the past 10 years. is is mainly due to the globalization process and by the rapid growth of industrialization in relatively poor countries that are not capable of maintaining effective health and safety systems [7].
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