Abstract:
Background: An occupational injury is any physical injury condition sustained on a
worker in connection with the performance of his or her work in the industry. Employed
people in industries spend at least one third of a day at work which have a strong effect on
their health and safety due to work and work-related injuries.
Objective: To assess prevalence of occupational injury and associated factors among
building construction workers in Shambu town, Western Ethiopia, 2021.
Methods and Material: - An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted in
Shambu town among building construction workers from July 15 to August 15, 2021.
Simple random sampling technique was used to select 372 study subjects. Data was
collected by face to face interview and using checklist. Data was entered using Epi-data
version 4.4.3.1, and analyzed using SPSS statistical package for windows, version
25.0.Variables with p-value <0.05 was included in the final model and independent
variables with a p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant and associated
factors of occupational injury among building construction.
Result: - The overall prevalence of occupational injury among building construction
workers was 43.02% [95 % CI: (38.47%, 47.69%)] in the past 12 month. Work experience
[AOR; 2.05, 95% CI: (1.19, 3.55)], sleep quality [AOR; 2.80, 95% CI: (1.67, 4.69)], safety
practice [AOR; 1.70, 95% CI: (1.09, 2.63)], work hour [AOR; 1.86, 95% CI: (1.19, 2.92)],
and workplace supervision [AOR; 2.11, 95% CI: (1.29, 3.43)]were found to be
significantly associated with occupational injury.
Conclusion and Recommendation: - The prevalence of occupational injury among building
construction workers in Shambu town 43.02%. Factors like work experience, sleep quality, safety
practice, work hour and workplace supervision had influence on occurrence of occupational injury
among building construction workers according to this study. To mitigate loss of life and productive
time, necessary intervention must have to be implemented.
