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Small Scale Enterprise Workers Require Attention: What Predicts the Level of Occupational Injuries?
BACKGROUND: Occupational injuries are among the foremost public health problems that small scale enterprise workers are encountering. Most foregoing occupational injury studies focused on construction or welding industry workers which could underestimate the real level of occupational injuries recor...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9178732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35694430 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11786302221104949 |
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author | Daba, Chala Atamo, Amanuel Gebrehiwot, Mesfin |
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description | BACKGROUND: Occupational injuries are among the foremost public health problems that small scale enterprise workers are encountering. Most foregoing occupational injury studies focused on construction or welding industry workers which could underestimate the real level of occupational injuries recorded in small scale enterprises. Conversely, others deal with a combined level of injuries from both small scale and large scale enterprises. Therefore, this study examined the magnitude and predictors of occupational injuries among various categories of small scale enterprise workers in Ambo town (Ethiopia). METHODS: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was employed among 408 small scale enterprise workers from September to October 2021. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was computed to identify factors associated with occupational injuries. Variables with P-value less than .05 were considered as significantly associated with occupational injuries. RESULTS: The 1-year prevalence of occupational injuries was 39.5% (95% CI: 35-44). Age greater than 40 years (AOR = 2.84, 95% CI: 1.53-5.28), working for more than 8 hours per day (AOR = 2.2, 95% CI: 1.61-4.95), working during the night time (AOR = 2.1, 95% CI: 1.22-3.47), lack of workplace supervision (AOR = 2.55, 95% CI: 1.23-5.28), alcohol use (AOR = 1.95, 95% CI: 1.24-3.06), chewing khat (AOR = 2.01, 95% CI: 1.27-3.2), non-utilization of personal protective equipment (AOR = 1.55, 95% CI: 1.03-2.87), and lack of health and safety training (AOR = 2.05, 95% CI: 1.26-4.37) were important predictors of occupational injuries. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicated a substantial proportion of small scale enterprise workers experienced occupational injuries during the last year. Provision of health and safety training, continuous workplace supervisions, and provision and utilization of personal protective equipment are recommended. |
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spelling | pubmed-91787322022-06-10 Small Scale Enterprise Workers Require Attention: What Predicts the Level of Occupational Injuries? Daba, Chala Atamo, Amanuel Gebrehiwot, Mesfin Environ Health Insights Original Research BACKGROUND: Occupational injuries are among the foremost public health problems that small scale enterprise workers are encountering. Most foregoing occupational injury studies focused on construction or welding industry workers which could underestimate the real level of occupational injuries recorded in small scale enterprises. Conversely, others deal with a combined level of injuries from both small scale and large scale enterprises. Therefore, this study examined the magnitude and predictors of occupational injuries among various categories of small scale enterprise workers in Ambo town (Ethiopia). METHODS: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was employed among 408 small scale enterprise workers from September to October 2021. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was computed to identify factors associated with occupational injuries. Variables with P-value less than .05 were considered as significantly associated with occupational injuries. RESULTS: The 1-year prevalence of occupational injuries was 39.5% (95% CI: 35-44). Age greater than 40 years (AOR = 2.84, 95% CI: 1.53-5.28), working for more than 8 hours per day (AOR = 2.2, 95% CI: 1.61-4.95), working during the night time (AOR = 2.1, 95% CI: 1.22-3.47), lack of workplace supervision (AOR = 2.55, 95% CI: 1.23-5.28), alcohol use (AOR = 1.95, 95% CI: 1.24-3.06), chewing khat (AOR = 2.01, 95% CI: 1.27-3.2), non-utilization of personal protective equipment (AOR = 1.55, 95% CI: 1.03-2.87), and lack of health and safety training (AOR = 2.05, 95% CI: 1.26-4.37) were important predictors of occupational injuries. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicated a substantial proportion of small scale enterprise workers experienced occupational injuries during the last year. Provision of health and safety training, continuous workplace supervisions, and provision and utilization of personal protective equipment are recommended. SAGE Publications 2022-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9178732/ /pubmed/35694430 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11786302221104949 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Daba, Chala Atamo, Amanuel Gebrehiwot, Mesfin Small Scale Enterprise Workers Require Attention: What Predicts the Level of Occupational Injuries? |
title | Small Scale Enterprise Workers Require Attention: What Predicts the Level of Occupational Injuries? |
title_full | Small Scale Enterprise Workers Require Attention: What Predicts the Level of Occupational Injuries? |
title_fullStr | Small Scale Enterprise Workers Require Attention: What Predicts the Level of Occupational Injuries? |
title_full_unstemmed | Small Scale Enterprise Workers Require Attention: What Predicts the Level of Occupational Injuries? |
title_short | Small Scale Enterprise Workers Require Attention: What Predicts the Level of Occupational Injuries? |
title_sort | small scale enterprise workers require attention: what predicts the level of occupational injuries? |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9178732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35694430 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11786302221104949 |
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