Magnitude of Work- Related Injuries and Associated Risk Factors of Large Scaleflour Factory Workers in Asella Town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia.

Background -Occupational Injury (work related injury) is among major public health problems that accounts 1.5% of public health burden in terms of DALLY and an economic loss of 5-10% GNP globally.Preventing or reducing work-related injury among flour factory workers are one of the key issues in improving workers health and safety in manufacturing industry. This issue is relevant particularly in developing countries including Ethiopia. Objective: The aim of this study is to assess magnitude and associated factors of occupational injury among production workers in large scale flour factories in Asella during the last 12 months. Method: : Institution based Cross-sectional study design was conducted from March,17- April 4 2015 among 412 study subjects were selected using simple random sampling method taking payroll as a sampling frame. Data collection was done by using interviewer administered questionnaire, observation and record review by the Principal Investigator. The collected data were manually checked for completeness and entered in to EP Info for data cleaning and finally exported to SPSS for further analyses. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses methods were employed to determine factors that may have significant association to the dependent variable. Variables that are identified as having p-value less than 0.25 on bivariate analyses were considered as a candidate to be evaluated on multivariable model, and then a variable with p-value less than 0.05 on final model were considered as having significant association. Result: The overall occupational injury prevalence rate was 24%. , exposure to excessive heat at work was found to have positive association with accidental injury at AOR = 2.570, P value< 0.05, 95% CI (1.12-5.91), Accordingly, those employees who were carrying heavy weight compared to their counterparts are at high risk of accidental injury at AOR 1.432, p value 0.05 , (95% CI) (1.001-2.048),workers who have got regular health and safety supervision are more likely not to ...