Musculoskeletal Disorders and Associated Factors among Vehicle Repair Workers in Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Work environment characteristics of vehicle repair workers in Hawassa city, Ethiopia, May 2019.

Categories of variables	Frequency (n = 344)	Percent (%)
Working hours per week
≤48 hours	212	61.6
>48 hours	132	38.4
Job category/responsibility
Mechanical repair	150	43.6
Electrical repair	71	20.6
Body beating/wielding	77	22.4
Spray painting	32	9.3
Repair-associated activities^#	14	4.1
Hours spent standing at work/day
1–3 hours	184	53.5
4–6 hours	142	41.3
>6 hours	18	5.2
Type of floor at work site
Concrete	130	37.8
Gravel	125	36.3
No ground cover	89	25.9
Number of customers/day
<5 customers	246	71.5
≥5 customers	98	28.5
Type of vehicle serviced
Sedan/saloon cars	59	17.2
Pickups/light trucks	80	23.3
Trucks/large trucks	71	20.6
Bus	44	12.8
Minibus/minivan	47	13.7
SUVs’/4WDs	43	12.5

^#Repair-associated activities (seat repair and radiator repair work).