The Prevalence and Associated Factors of Occupational Injury among Workers in Arba Minch Textile Factory, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study

Gebremichael, Gebrekiros; Kumie, Abera; Ajema, Dessalegn

doi:10.4172/2329-6879.1000222

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“…This implies that some of the injuries might be related to the working conditions in the textile and garment departments. However, the prevalence of injuries in this study is lower than in a study of self-reported injuries in another Ethiopian textile factory (20). The difference may associate with several factors; one the potential reason could be minor injuries that are managed by rst aid may not include in the diagnostic reports of the factories health services.…”

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“…As mentioned earlier, work in the integrated textile factories may associated with additional health risks compared to those seen in the old factories that are only with production of fabrics (13,17). The textile department workers have a direct contact with the raw cotton and dangerous machines to produce yarn and fabrics which might imply an increased risk for respiratory diseases, injuries and hearing impairment (9,(18)(19)(20). Workers in the garment department process the fabrics; change the sizes, colors and textures being in various working conditions and using different machines.…”

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Diseases Registered Among Integrated Textile Factory Workers in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Tefera¹,

Kumie²,

Deressa³

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Background: Textile and garment factories are growing in low and middle-income countries; integrated textile and garment production factories are developing, where workers are exposed to dust and dangerous, noisy machines in the work environment. Hence, workers' health might be affected negatively due to exposure to different occupational hazards. However, the health condition of workers in this sector is not adequately investigated. The aim of this study is to describe the registered diagnoses of health problems and their association to work-related and personal factors among workers in integrated textile factories in Ethiopia. Methods: A one year recording of worker’s clinical diagnoses (between March 2016 and February 2017) was gathered from the respective factory clinics in three integrated textile factories. Sociodemographic characteristics and work-related information is obtained from the factory’s human resource departments. The association between the registered diagnoses and work-related factors (work in textile production, garment production and support department) and personal factors (age, gender and educational status) were studied using logistic regression analyses.Results: The socio-demographic and clinical diagnosis statuses of 7992 workers are analyzed. The average of workers' age and years of service is 40 years and 11 years, respectively. Majority 4778(60%) of workers are females; a total of 5276 (66%) of workers had 27320 clinical diagnoses; in total this causes 16993 working days lost due to sick leave. Respiratory diseases (34%) and musculoskeletal disorders (29%) were the most prevalent diagnoses, while injuries cause most of the days of work absence. Work department, gender and educational status are the variables that are significantly associated with several disease groups.Conclusions: About two-thirds of the integrated textile factory workers were diagnosed with different types of diseases. The textile and garment production department workers were more affected than the support department workers, indicating that some of the diseases are related to work in these departments. Further study should investigate the occurrence of rare chronic diseases such as cancer, heart diseases, renal diseases and diabetics in relation with workers exposure profile.

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Diseases Registered Among Integrated Textile Factory Workers in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

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Deressa³

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“…Concerning geographical distribution of the studies, the 17 studies were obtained from the four regions of the country: six studies from Addis Ababa (10,19,(21)(22)(23)30), three from Oromia (24,27,29), seven (7) from Amhara (11,17,18,20,25,26,28), and one from Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) (29). The highest prevalence of occupational injury and illness (84.7%) was reported in Addis Ababa (10) whereas the lowest prevalence (31.4%) was reported from a study done in Arba Minch (SNNPR) (9). In addition, the original studies included in the meta-analysis had a response rate ranging from 83-100% and almost all the studies had good response rate having a response rate of above 80%.…”

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“…Lastly the pooled odds of work related injury among those workers using PPE was 52% less than those who did not use PPE at work place (0.48 (95%CI: 0.36, 0.65)). To calculate the pooled odds ratio of alcohol drinking habit (9,11,17,18,26,28,30,31), cigarette smoking habit (18,24,26,30,31), khat chewing habit (9, 22, 26-28, 30, 31), work related stress (9,20,26,29,30), level of education (9,11,18,24,26,30,31), and use of PPE (9,11,18,19,22,26,27,(29)(30)(31) reports of a minimum of 5 to 10 studies were included.…”

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Work related injury and its disparity across selected occupations in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Gietaneh

Simieneh

Alene

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BackgroundGlobally, work related injury has been continued as a major public health problem. In Ethiopia there are few fragmented empirical studies particularly among workers of fast growing sectors and there is no a national representative study on work related injury. Therefore, this study aims to determine the magnitude of occupational injury and to identify its predictors among construction, textile and municipal solid waste management workers in Ethiopia.Objectiveto determine magnitude of Work related injury and its disparity across selected occupations in EthiopiaMethod:Both published and unpublished articles conducted in Ethiopia on work related injury were searched between the periods 12 October, 2019 to 15 December, 2019. Random effect model was employed to estimate the overall magnitude of occupational injury and its predictors.ResultsThe overall magnitude of work related injury was 39.35% (95% CI: 27.40, 51.30%). Subgroup analysis revealed that there was slight disparity across occupations and regions. Drinking alcohol, smoking cigarette, khat chewing habit, work related stress, level of education and utilization of PPE were significantly associated with work related injury.ConclusionThis study found that more than 1 in 3 workers had at least one occupational injury at work. There was slight disparity across occupations and regions. It is strongly recommend that health education programs about the risk of substance use on occupational injury and apply strict occupational safety practices regulations should be strengthened.

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Prevalence of occupational injuries and associated factors among workers of textile and garment factories during the era of COVID‐19 pandemic in mekelle city, Northern Ethiopia: A cross‐sectional study

Weldearegay,

Redae,

Asgedom

2024

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Background and AimOccupational injury is any personal injury that can lead to disease, disability, or death due to accidents sustained by workers while performing their work. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of occupational injuries and associated factors among workers of textile and garment factories in Mekelle City, Northern Ethiopia during the era of COVID‐19.MethodsA cross‐ectional study was conducted among 348 Textile and Garment factories in Mekelle City, Northern Ethiopia on September and October 2020. Data were collected using a semi‐structured face‐to‐face interview questionnaire by trained data collectors and supervisors. Occupational injury was assessed by a yes/no question “Have you had any injury related to your occupation in the last 12 months?.” Epi Data version 3.1 was used to enter data and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 was used for data analysis. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to determine the independent determinants of occupational injury, and variables with p < 0.05 were considered as statistically significant.ResultsThe annual prevalence rate of occupational injury among textile and garment factories was 27.8% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 23.2−32.9%). Factors like being a male (AOR = 3.65; 95% CI = 1.92−6.92), job satisfaction (AOR = 0.22; 95% CI = 0.11−0.43), sleeping disorder (AOR = 3.47; 95% CI = 1.91−6.32), job stress (AOR = 2.62; 95% CI = 1.44−4.73), and safety and health training (AOR = 0.40; 95% CI = 0.22−0.74) were significantly associated with the occurrence of occupational injury.ConclusionExpectedly, lockdown during COVID‐19 could lead to absenteeism and reduced prevalence of occupational injuries as the outcome of this study.

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The Prevalence and Associated Factors of Occupational Injury among Workers in Arba Minch Textile Factory, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study

Cited by 33 publications

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Diseases Registered Among Integrated Textile Factory Workers in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Diseases Registered Among Integrated Textile Factory Workers in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Work related injury and its disparity across selected occupations in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Prevalence of occupational injuries and associated factors among workers of textile and garment factories during the era of COVID‐19 pandemic in mekelle city, Northern Ethiopia: A cross‐sectional study

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