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

Table 4

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

Category of variables	Frequency ()	(%)
Employment status; Temporary; Permanent; Payment method; Hourly payment; Piece rate payment; Total working hours a day; 8 hours; 9-10 hours; >10 hours; Total working breaks excluding lunch break; ≤15 minutes; >15 minutes; None; Training on issue of ergonomics; Yes; No	25; 397; 313; 109; 380; 25; 17; 42; 37; 343; 17; 405	(5.9); (94.1); (74.2); (25.8); (90.0); (5.9); (4.1); (10); (8.8); (81.2); (4.0); (96.0)