Research Article

Environmental and Organizational Factors Associated with Elbow/Forearm and Hand/Wrist Disorder among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry in Ethiopia

Table 3

Working environmental factors associated with elbow and wrist MS disorders among sewing machine operators in garment industries in Galan City, Oromia Regional State, 2012.

Category of variablesFrequency ()(%)

Job satisfaction
 Not satisfied
 Somewhat satisfied
 Very satisfied
Repetitive work within < 30 seconds
 Never
 Sometimes
 Often
 Always
Doing too much work
 Never
 Sometimes
 Often
 Always
Availability of sufficient light
 Yes
 No
Adjustable chair
 Yes
 No
   
204
187
31
   
13
96
117
196
   
8
123
91
200
   
371
51
   
115
307
    
(48.3)
(44.3)
(7.4)
   
(3.1)
(22.7)
(27.7)
(46.5)
   
(1.9)
(29.1)
(21.6)
(47.4)
    
(87.9)
(12.1)
   
(27.3)
(72.7)