The Incidence Of Injuries And Their Determinants In Akaki Textile Factory A. A. Region

A descriptive and case control study was done tornobserve the incidence of injuries and their determinantsrnin Akaki textile factory. There were a total of 143rnaccidents during the study period giving an incidencerndensity of 200 per 1000 person years. This is very highrnin comparison to developed countries. The most frequentrncause of injury was machinery (29.4%), and hitrnby/against objects (20 . 3%) . Most of the accidentsrnoccurred in the Weaving department (109.2 per 1000rnexposed workers). From our study , we found out that mostrnaccidents occurred on Mondays {35. 7%) and on Fridaysrn(17.5%). The most common time of accidents was from 8amrnto lOam . The most common parts of the body which werernaffected by accidents were finger (42%), lower legrn(18.9%), hand (13.3%). The most frequent type ofrnaccidents were prick (32.9%), laceration (30.8%), andrnbruise (16.8%). From the result of our study, 87.4% ofrnthe interviewed workers were not wearing personalrnprotective devices and 86.1% had not taken safetyrntraining. 1001 total man days was lost due to 143rnaccidents over a period of 12 weeks. More injuriesrnoccurred in those workers who were below the age of 30rnyears as compared to those above 30 year (p

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