Assessment of Occupational Injury among Industrial Workers in the Bahir Dar City of Northwest Ethiopia: Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Bivariable and multivariable analysis of factors affecting occupational injury among industrial workers in the Bahir Dar city, 2017 (n = 803).

Variable	Occupational injury		COR with 95% CI	AOR with 95% CI	value
	No	Yes
Sex
Female	117	95	1	1
Male	177	414	2.88 (2.09–3.98)	3.66 (2.53–5.29)
Marital status of respondents
Married	163	221	1	1
Unmarried	131	288	1.62 (1.21–2.17)	1.02 (0.72–1.47)	0.881
Type of employment
Permanent	287	408	1	1
Temporary	7	101	10.1 (4.65–22.16)	7.33 (3.31–16.22)
Regular supervision on health & safety
No	200	413	2.02 (1.45–2.82)	2.66 (1.79–3.96)
Yes	95	96	1	1
Training at entry to a new job
No	69	167	1.59 (1.15–2.21)	3.18 (2.14–4.74)
Yes	225	342	1	1
Experience
≤7 years	170	366	1	1
>7 years	124	143	0.53 (0.40–0.72)	0.77 (0.52–1.14)	0.188
Personal protective equipment use
No	80	215	1.96 (1.43–2.67)	2.48 (1.74–3.56)
Yes	214	294	1	1

Here, the symbol indicates that the variable significantly associated with occupational injury at value <0.001.