Table 6 Behavioral characteristics of respondents in Dangote and Habesha cement factories, December, 2020 (N = 374)
From: Occupational injury and associated factors among cement factories workers in central Ethiopia
Variable | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Cigarette smoker | 47 | 13 |
How much | ||
less than one pack every day | 17 | 5 |
1-2 pack/days | 29 | 8 |
Alcohol drinker | 94 | 25 |
How often | ||
Every day | 37 | 10 |
1-3 days/ week | 61 | 16 |
Occasionally | 4 | 1 |
Chewing chat | 39 | 10 |
Reason for sleeping disorder | ||
Working greater than 8 h | 28 | 8 |
Working at the night | 44 | 12 |
Working greater than one areas | 9 | 2 |
Don’t use PPE | 59 | 16 |
Reason for not using PPE | ||
PPEs are not comfortable | 17 | 5 |
Employer doesn’t provide | 81 | 22 |
Don’t know how to use | 19 | 5 |
PPEs reduce performance | 12 | 3 |
PPEs expose to another accident | 4 | 1 |