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.
| Variable | Injury incident | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | Yes | No |
| Type of enterprises | Micro MWWEa | 58 (36%) | 104 (64%) | 0.82 (0.38–1.77) | 1.02 (0.39–2.68) | Small SWWEb | 13 (41%) | 19 (59%) | 1 | 1 |
| Machine-based work place | Indoor | 40 (41%) | 57 (59%) | 1 | 1 | Indoor and outdoor | 31 (32%) | 66 (68%) | 0.67 (0.37–1.21) | 0.62 (0.30–1.27) |
| Adequate work area | Yes | 6 (15%) | 34 (85%) | 1 | 1 | No | 65 (42%) | 89 (58%) | 0.00 (1.64–10.43) | 3.85 (1.14–13.04) |
| Obstacle-free floor | Yes | 16 (25%) | 49 (75%) | 1 | | No | 55 (43%) | 74 (57%) | 2.23 (1.17–4.41) | 0.95 (0.38–2.39) |
| Adequate light | Yes | 67 (38%) | 109 (62%) | 1 | 1 | No | 4 (22%) | 14 (78%) | 0.46 (0.15–1.47) | 0.90 (0.24–3.40) |
| Machine guard | Yes | 6 (17%) | 30 (83%) | 1 | 1 | No | 65 (41%) | 93 (59%) | 3.45 (1.38–8.88) | 3.32 (1.21–9.11) |
| Reachable power cutoff switch | Yes | 67 (36%) | 118 (64%) | 1 | 1 | No | 4 (44%) | 5 (56%) | 1.41 (0.37–5.42) | 1.47 (0.33–6.59) |
| Functional fire extinguisher | Yes | 2 (20%) | 8 (80%) | 1 | 1 | No | 69 (38%) | 115 (62%) | 2.4 (0.50–11.6) | 2.21 (0.41–12.16) |
| PPE available for workers | Yes | 19 (31%) | 43 (69%) | 1 | 1 | No | 52 (39%) | 80 (61%) | 1.47 (0.77–2.80) | 1.7 (0.84–3.45) |
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aMicroscale woodworking enterprises; bSmall-scale woodworking enterprises. value <0.05 in bivariate analysis; value <0.05 in multivariate analysis. |