Department of Public Health, College of Health Science, Aksum University, Axum, Ethiopia.
Federal Ministry of Health, Consultancy Service, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
J Environ Public Health. 2019 Jan 21;2019:4174085. doi: 10.1155/2019/4174085. eCollection 2019.
At present, it is estimated that more than one million workers are employed as welders worldwide with more than three million performing welding as part of their work duties.
The aim of this study was to assess workers' level of awareness towards occupational hazards and their adherence to safety measures.
An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from February 25 to March 10, 2013 among welding factory workers. The study included 278 workers selected by simple random sampling, and data were collected by using structured and pretested questionnaire. The data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 16 statistical package. Logistic regression analysis was carried out to found the effect of the independent variables on the dependent variables.
One hundred thirty-five (51.9%) respondents had knowledge on occupational hazards and 225 (86.5%) workers used personal protective equipments. Variables such as work experience, work type, safety training, work regulation, and guideline had significant association with the knowledge of respondents: (AOR: 0.44 (0.19, 0.99)), (AOR: 0.38 (0.22, 0.65)), (AOR: 0.33 (0.17, 0.63)), and (AOR: 0.31 (0.15, 0.67)), respectively. Educational status, work experience, safety training, and availability of work regulation were found to be associated with PPE use (AOR: 13.20 (10.65, 16.46)), (AOR: 0.03 (0.003, 0.34)), (AOR: 0.02 (0.01, 0.09)), and (AOR: 0.06 (0.02, 0.21)), respectively.
Nearly half of respondents had knowledge about occupational hazards and high proportion of study subjects were used personal protective equipments. Safety and health training was the common factor to increase knowledge and personal protective usage practicing habits. Employers and other responsible bodies should encourage training and regular supervision should be made including on workers' safety and well-being.
目前，全世界估计有超过 100 万工人从事焊工工作，还有超过 300 万人将焊接作为其工作职责的一部分。
本研究旨在评估工人对职业危害的认识水平及其对安全措施的遵守情况。
这是一项 2013 年 2 月 25 日至 3 月 10 日在焊接工厂工人中进行的基于机构的横断面研究。该研究包括 278 名通过简单随机抽样选择的工人，通过结构化和预测试问卷收集数据。使用 SPSS 版本 16 统计软件包对数据进行录入和分析。进行逻辑回归分析，以确定自变量对因变量的影响。
135 名（51.9%）受访者了解职业危害，225 名（86.5%）工人使用个人防护设备。工作经验、工作类型、安全培训、工作规定和指南等变量与受访者的知识水平有显著关联：（OR：0.44（0.19，0.99））、（OR：0.38（0.22，0.65））、（OR：0.33（0.17，0.63））和（OR：0.31（0.15，0.67））。教育程度、工作经验、安全培训和工作规定的可用性与 PPE 使用相关：（OR：13.20（10.65，16.46））、（OR：0.03（0.003，0.34））、（OR：0.02（0.01，0.09））和（OR：0.06（0.02，0.21））。
近一半的受访者了解职业危害，很大一部分研究对象使用个人防护设备。安全和健康培训是提高知识和个人防护用品使用习惯的共同因素。雇主和其他负责机构应鼓励培训，并应定期进行监督，包括对工人的安全和福利。
