Research Article

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

Table 5

Injuries and associated factors in microscale and small-scale woodworking enterprises, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

VariableInjury incidentCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)
YesNo

Type of enterprises
 Micro MWWEa58 (36%)104 (64%)0.82 (0.38–1.77)1.02 (0.39–2.68)
 Small SWWEb13 (41%)19 (59%)11

Machine-based work place
 Indoor40 (41%)57 (59%)11
 Indoor and outdoor31 (32%)66 (68%)0.67 (0.37–1.21)0.62 (0.30–1.27)

Adequate work area
 Yes6 (15%)34 (85%)11
 No65 (42%)89 (58%)0.00 (1.64–10.43)3.85 (1.14–13.04)

Obstacle-free floor
 Yes16 (25%)49 (75%)1
 No55 (43%)74 (57%)2.23 (1.17–4.41)0.95 (0.38–2.39)

Adequate light
 Yes67 (38%)109 (62%)11
 No4 (22%)14 (78%)0.46 (0.15–1.47)0.90 (0.24–3.40)

Machine guard
 Yes6 (17%)30 (83%)11
 No65 (41%)93 (59%)3.45 (1.38–8.88)3.32 (1.21–9.11)

Reachable power cutoff switch
 Yes67 (36%)118 (64%)11
 No4 (44%)5 (56%)1.41 (0.37–5.42)1.47 (0.33–6.59)

Functional fire extinguisher
 Yes2 (20%)8 (80%)11
 No69 (38%)115 (62%)2.4 (0.50–11.6)2.21 (0.41–12.16)

PPE available for workers
 Yes19 (31%)43 (69%)11
 No52 (39%)80 (61%)1.47 (0.77–2.80)1.7 (0.84–3.45)

aMicroscale woodworking enterprises; bSmall-scale woodworking enterprises. value <0.05 in bivariate analysis; value <0.05 in multivariate analysis.