Epidemiology of Occupational Injuries and Workplace Assessment In Turnery Industries at An Industrial Districet, Eastern Cairo 2021

Abstract

urnery industry or traditional machining is a very old and ancient techniques that is still very widely used in today’s manufacturing processes the machines are operated manually by the worker so the worker is constantly exposed to different hazards especially mechanical hazards such as injuries and accidents that could be fatal or non-fatal. The objective of this study is to measure the frequency rate of occupational injuries and to determine its possible risk factors and to inspect the working environment of different work stations. An interview questionnaire was designed and used to interview 75 workers the questionnaire includes: section I socio-demographic data of the studied population, Section II: work related data, Section III: occupational injuries and management, section IV: different occupational hazards. An environmental checklist was used to inspect different work stations. The study results revealed that the mean age of the workers 34.21 + 14.37 years, 60% were married, 33.3% had technical degree diploma and 48% were current smokers. The mean duration of working in turnery industry was 17.48 + 12.64 years while mean working hours per day was 9.74 + 1.68. More than 69% of the workers were trained by apprenticeship before operating machines. The frequency rate of injuries in the last year was 76%, the most frequent type of injuries was burn injuries 56% followed by cut wounds 40% followed by foreign bodies in the eyes 17.3%.