Prevalence Of Occupational Injury And Associated Factors Among Building Construction Workers In Shambo Town, Western Ethiopia

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.