Assessment Of Occupational Skin Diseases And Associated Factorsamong Tannery Workers Of Selected Tanneries Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Background: More than 500,000 people are working in tanneries around the world. Work related accidents and diseases continue to have series consequence, with an estimated 2.3 million fatalities per year and economic losses of 4% of global gross domestic product. The modern tanning industry in Ethiopia was started in 1920s. There are 26 tanneries and together they employ 4577persons in the country. Employment in tannery industries has been associated with various diseases caused by biological, toxicological, and carcinogenic agents.rnrnObjectives:The objective of this study was assessing prevalence of occupational skin diseases and its associated factor among tannery workers of selected tanneries of Addis Ababa.rnMethods:An institutional based cross sectional study was done from October 2013 to Mayrnrn2014 to assess prevalence of occupational skin diseases symptoms of tannery workers. Random samples of 311 workers were drawn from different section of 3 selected tanneries for health survey. Data was collected through structured questionnaire, and observational check lists. Data was collected through structured questionnaire and observational check lists. Data was entered into Epi Info version 3.5.4 and exported to SPSS version 21 for analysis. Bivariate analysis was done by logistic regression model then variables which showed statistically significant association at P

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