Determinants Of Occupational Injury Among The Condominium House Construction Workers Of Addis Ababa City Ethiopia. Unmatched Case Control Study

Back ground of the study: Occupational injuries constitute global public health burden from which millions of workers die each year from unintentional work related accidents causing economic loss. The construction industry has been identified as one of the hazardous industries in Ethiopia; a significant number of people are working in the industry.rnObjective of the study: To assess factors of Occupational Injury among the condominium house construction workers of Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia.rnMethods: Institution based unmatched case control study design was done to assess the determinant of occupational injury among the condominium house construction workers in Addis Ababa city. Five large scale condominium house construction site was selected based on the number of worker (n>250) and number of condom unit (>=2500) constructed. Sample of 576 study participants were included in the study by one to two cases to control ratio (192 cases and 384 controls). Study subjects were selected using simple random sampling technique. Data collection was made by using pre-tested questionnaire. Work environment observation was held to strengthen the information with quantitative findings of environmental determinants. EPI INFO 3.5.1 version computer software package was used for editing, cleaning, coding, and check completeness and consistency of data. Variables with 95% confidence interval and P value at

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