Research Article

Nonfatal Occupational Injuries among Workers in Microscale and Small-Scale Woodworking Enterprise in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 4

Multivariate analysis of individual factors associated with nonfatal occupational injury in the woodworking enterprises, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Variable nameInjury status (n = 625)Crude OR (95% CI)Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Yes (%)No (%)

Sex
 Male90 (15.2)501 (84.8)2.87 (0.68–12.2)1.61 (0.36–7.16)
 Female2 (6.3)32 (94.1)11

Age
 <3074 (15.7)398 (84.3)1.39 (0.80–2.41)1.47 (0.80–2.71)
 ≥3018 (11.8)135 (88.2)11

Khat chewing status
 Yes17 (30.9)38 (69.1)2.95 (1.59–5.50)2.25 (1.04–4.85)
 No75 (13.2)495 (86.8)11

Alcohol drinking status
 Yes14 (25.9)40 (74.1)2.21 (1.15–4.25)1.35 (0.60–3.05)
 No78 (13.7)493 (86.3)11

Cigarette smoking status
 Yes9 (33.3)18 (66.7)3.10 (1.35–7.14)2.20 (0.76–6.37)
 No83 (13.9)515 (86.1)11

Work-related stress score
 >258 (42.1)11 (57.9)4.5 (1.77–1.56)4.79 (1.69–13.58)
 ≤2584 (13.9)522 (86.1)11

Job satisfaction scores
 ≤3143 (26.5)119 (73.5)3.05 (1.92–4.82)2.89 (1.75–4.76)
 >3149 (10.6)414 (89.4)11

Any PPE use
 Yes13 (10.0)117 (90.0)0.59 (0.31–1.09)0.83 (0.43–1.61)
 No79 (16.0)416 (84.0)11

Night time work
 Yes9 (23.7)29 (76.3)1.88 (0.86–4.12)1.47 (0.62–3.49)
 No83 (14.1)504 (85.9)11

Job category
 Painter4 (5.7)66 (94.3)11
 Machine operator19 (19.2)80 (80.8)1.32 (0.72–2.4)1.27 (0.66–2.41)
 Machine operator and carpentry38 (15.4)208 (84.6)3.97 (1.29–12.24)3.52 (1.08–11.41)
 Carpentry16 (20.0)64 (80.0)1.00 (0.46–2.02)0.97 (0.44–2.15)
 All types of work15 (11.5)115 (88.5)1.84 (0.88–3.84)2.05 (0.93–4.52)

value <0.05 in bivariate analysis; value <0.05 in multivariate analysis.