The Prevalence of Occupational Injuries and Associated Risk Factors among Workers in Bahir Dar Textile Share Company, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Risk factors and their associations with the prevalence of occupational injuries.

Variables	Full model		Reduced model
	COR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
Gender		0.001
Male	1.00		1.00
Female	0.421 (0.253–0.700)	0.001	0.318 (0.162–0.626)	0.001
Age		0.159
22–29	1.00		1.00
30–34	0.841 (0.485–1.458)	0.537	0.773 (0.340–1.754)	0.537
>34	0.371 (0.132–1.043)	0.060	0.25 (0.054–1.152)	0.075
Marital status		0.329
Married	1.00		—	—
Single	1.424 (0.894–2.267)	0.136	—	—
Divorced	1.10 (0.179–6.773)	0.918	—	—
Education level			—	—
No education	1.00		—	—
Primary	0.364 (0.06–2.194)	0.270	—	—
Secondary	1.379 (0.44–4.285)	0.578	—	—
Higher	1.577 (0.571–4.357)	0.379	—	—
Residence		0.735	—	—
Urban	1.00		—	—
Rural	1.407 (0.195–10.121)	0.735	—	—
Job category		0.000		0.003
Spinning	1.00		1.00
Weaving	4.556 (1.934–10.730)	0.001	4.497 (1.557–12.990)	0.005
Engineering	0.889 (0.419–1.887)	0.759	1.147 (0.410–3.215)	0.794
Finishing	0.606 (0.279–1.315)	0.205	0.537 (0.184–1.569)	0.256
Administrative staff	0.436 (0.198–0.958)	0.039	1.471 (0.445–4.868)	0.527
Employment status		0.506	—	—
Permanent	1.00		—	—
Contract	0.462 (0.468–4.497)	0.506	—	—
Work experience		0.226
<5 years	1.00		1.00
≥5 years	0.752 (0.474–1.193)	0.226	1.061 (0.550–2.046)	0.861
Monthly salary		0.256	—	—
<2458 birr (<72.00 USD)	1.00		—	—
2459–3941 birr (72.03–115.45 USD)	1.789 (0.37–3.821)	0.133	—	—
3942–5776 birr (115.48–169.20 USD)	1.306 (0.602–2.834)	0.499	—	—
>5776 birr (>169.20 USD)	2.074 (0.886–4.853)	0.093	—	—
Existence of high noise or blare
Yes	1.00		1.00
No	0.236 (0.142–0.391)	0.000	0.766 (0.349–1.682)	0.507
Exposure to vibration
Yes	1.00		1.00
No	0.224 (0.135–0.373)	0.000	0.419 (0.199–0.878)	0.021
Exposure to rays/welding sparks
Yes	1.00		1.00
No	0.250 (0.149–0.421)	0.000	0.366 (0.167–0.799)	0.012
Exposure to nonmoderate light
Yes	1.00		1.00
No	0.439 (0.270–0.715)	0.001	1.303 (0.582–2.921)	0.520
Exposure to nonmoderate temperature
Yes	1.00		1.00
No	0.432 (0.269–0.693)	0.001	1.189 (0.568–2.490)	0.646
Exposure to chemical hazards
Yes	1.00
No	0.663 (0.390–1.127)	0.129	0.968 (0.446–2.103)	0.935
Exposure to dusty work area
Yes	1.00
No	0.412 (0.252–0.672)	0.000	0.937 (0.409–2.148)	0.878
Prolonged work by standing in a limited area
Yes	1.00		1.00
No	0.511 (0.305–0.857)	0.011	1.039 (0.515–2.099)	0.914
Exposure to biological hazards
Yes	1.00
No	0.531 (0.326–0.863)	0.011	0.615 (0.328–1.152)	0.129
Labor-intensive work
Yes	1.00		1.00
No	0.305 (0.182–0.513)	0.000	0.343 (0.167–0.703)	0.003
Work supervision		0.148
Yes	1.00		1.00
No	0.458 (0.159–1.320)	0.148	0.335 (0.077–1.450)	0.143
Alcohol consumption		0.422	—	—
Yes	1.00		—	—
No	0.761 (0.390–1.484)	0.422	—	—
Khat chewing		0.588	—	—
Yes	1.00		—	—
No	0.706 (0.2–2.492)	0.588	—	—
Cigarette smoking		0.506	—	—
Yes	1.00		—	—
No	2.163 (0.222–21.038)	0.506	—	—
Sleeping disturbance		0.061
Yes	1.00		1.00
No	0.643 (0.406–1.021)	0.061	0.759 (0.404–1.426)	0.392
Job satisfaction		0.082
Yes	1.00		1.00
No	1.561 (0.944–2.581)	0.082	0.902 (0.477–1.706)	0.751
PPE		0.607	—	—
Yes	1.00		—	—
No	0.881 (0.554–1.427)	0.607	—	—

COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. Statistically significant difference ().