Kumar S Ganesh, Dharanipriya A
Professor of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India.
Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2014 Sep-Dec;18(3):135-9. doi: 10.4103/0019-5278.146911.
Injuries among welders are an important health issue in metal industries at global level. The study aimed to assess the prevalence and pattern of injuries and its possible associated risk factors among welders.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 209 welders in metal industries of Puducherry, coastal south India. Data regarding all types of injuries during the past 1 year were collected by administering a pre-designed questionnaire. The various risk factors associated with injuries that include age, training before induction, experience, job duration, tobacco chewing, alcohol use and use of protective measures were assessed using standard questionnaire. The data was analyzed by univariate and multiple logistic regression analysis.
Majority of subjects were aged between 20 and 40 years (160, 76.6%) and educated below 10(th) standard (181, 86.6%). Mean number of injury was found to be 10.74 (SD = 5.74) in the preceding year. All of them had more than 2 injuries and 44% (92) of them had more than 10 injuries. All of them had abrasions and more than three fourths of them had each of lacerations, foreign body in the eye, flash burns and contusions. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that age less than 30 years (OR = 5.19), tobacco use (OR = 2.56), alcohol use (OR = 3.96) and institutional training (OR = 0.10) were the predictors associated with more than 10 injuries among welders.
Injury among welders is an important health problem in this area. Strategies for strengthening institutional training for younger age groups may help in decreasing the burden of injuries.
焊工受伤是全球金属行业的一个重要健康问题。本研究旨在评估焊工受伤的患病率和模式及其可能的相关危险因素。
在印度南部沿海的本地治里金属行业的209名焊工中进行了一项横断面研究。通过发放预先设计的问卷收集过去1年中所有类型伤害的数据。使用标准问卷评估与伤害相关的各种危险因素，包括年龄、入职前培训、经验、工作时长、嚼烟、饮酒和使用防护措施。数据通过单因素和多因素逻辑回归分析进行分析。
大多数受试者年龄在20至40岁之间（160人，76.6%），教育程度低于十年级（181人，86.6%）。上一年的平均受伤次数为10.74次（标准差=5.74）。他们所有人都有超过2次的伤害，其中44%（92人）有超过10次的伤害。他们所有人都有擦伤，超过四分之三的人有撕裂伤、眼内异物、闪光烧伤和挫伤。多因素逻辑回归分析表明，年龄小于30岁（比值比=5.19）、吸烟（比值比=2.56）、饮酒（比值比=3.96）和机构培训（比值比=0.10）是与焊工超过10次伤害相关的预测因素。
焊工受伤是该地区一个重要的健康问题。加强针对年轻人群体的机构培训策略可能有助于减轻伤害负担。
