A SELF-REPORT WORK RELATED INJURY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG TEMPORARY WORKERS OF FINCHAA SUGAR FACTORY, OROMIA REGION, WESTERN ETHIOPIA.

Abstract

Introduction: Occupational accidents are considered among the potential threats in public health because of their serious humanitarian, economic, social, and environmental consequences. Currently, the problem of occupational injuries in the workplace is increasing in many developing countries including Ethiopia. Objective: The objective was to assess a self-report work related injury and associated factors among temporary workers of Finchaa Sugar Factory, Abay Choman District, Oromia Region, Western Ethiopia 2013. Method: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted among 449 Finchaa Sugar Factory Temporary workers. Workers were interviewed based on probabilistic selection by stratifying their working sections followed by a simple random sampling technique. Pre-tested and structured face-to-face interview administered questionnaire used by trained data collectors. Data was coded and viii entered into SPSS version 21 for analysis. Descriptive summary and logistic regression were applied for analysis at p < 0.05 significance level with 95% CI. Result: Prevalence of self-reported work related injury among respondents is 183(40.8%). Being illiterate [AOR=5.32, CI: 1.82-15.55], primary school [AOR=2.28, CI: 1.11-4.69], secondary [AOR=7.05, CI: 3.43-14.47], service duration ≤5 years [AOR=2.13, CI: 1.16-3.92] working >48hours/week [OR=2.13, CI: 1.16-3.92], no induct training [AOR=10.67, CI: 4.07-28.48] were positively associated for injury occurrence. In addition, not utilizing protective device [AOR=8.78, CI: 4.34-17.77], sleeping disorder [AOR=11.88, CI: 4.95-28.48], garage worker [AOR=8.15, CI: 1.99- 33.27], poor work relation [AOR=4.70, CI: 1.97-10.13], no job satisfaction [AOR=2.14, CI: 1.22-3.77] were also statistically associated with work related injury. Conclusion: Prevalence of injury was relatively low. Low level of education, work experience, long working hours, no induct training, not utilizing protective device, sleeping disorder, poor working relationship and job satisfaction increased the risk of workplace injury. Implanting effective and sustainable preventive measures concerning health and safety at the workplace is important.