Knowledge and Understanding of Personal Protective Equipment Use among Laborer Population of the Nepalese Workforce

Table 5

Association between the prevalence of occupational accidents with the level of knowledge of laborers on OSH and the use of PPE (n = 229).

Variables	Occupational accidents within a year		value	χ^2 value
	Yes n (%)	No n (%)
Level of knowledge (n = 229)
Low level of knowledge on OHS	23 (51.1)	119 (64.7)	0.093	2.823
Adequate knowledge on OHS	22 (48.9)	65 (35.3)
Total	45 (100)	184 (100)
Use of PPE (n = 211)
Yes	31 (72.1)	143 (85.1)	0.045	4.017
No	12 (27.9)	25 (14.9)
Total	43 (100)	168 (100)

value is less than 0.05.