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Prevalence and Types of Work-Related Injuries among Road Construction Workers in Construction Sites in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State

Anthony Okeoghene, Eguvbe, Department of Community Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. , 1 Stella Rotifa , 2 Anthony Okeoghene Eguvbe , 3 Tobin Ekaete Alice , 4 John Esiso Egbagba , 5 Obehi Okojie.

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Indian Journal of Preventive Medicine 6(1):p 78-88, January-June 2018. | DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijpm.2321.5917.6118.13

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  Background: Accidents have serious implications to the construction industry both in financial and humanitarian terms. Construction accidents may cause many problems, such as de­motivation of workers; disruption of site activities; delay of project progress; and adversely affecting the overall cost, productivity and reputation of the construction industry. The human suffering caused by these accidents and ill health is distressing to all concerned, the extent of which is impossible to calculate.Accidents and ill health also have a huge financial cost, which makes for a compelling business case for improving safety and health.

Objectives: To assess the prevalence and types of work­related injuries among road construction workers in construction sites in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State.

Methods: A cross­sectional descriptive study was done amongst all construction site workers. and their supervisors involved in road construction that have spent at least 6 months on the job in Egor LGA, Edo State. A one stage cluster sampling technique was used to select the study population. Data were collected using a structure questionnaire and were analyzed using SPSS version 16.

Results: About 101 (47%) of the workers had experienced work related injuries at their construction sites. Among those respondents who had experienced work­related injuries, 69 (68.3%) reported having experienced work­related injury twice in the last 6 months, while 32 (31.7%) had experienced work­ related injury three times or more in the last 6 months. The association between hours worked per week and workrelated injury was found to be statistically significant.

Conclusion: The study revealed that nearly half (47%) of the workers had experienced work­related injuries in the last 6 months preceding the study and the most common type of injury experienced by these workers were cuts. The majority of the workers, who reported work­related injuries, were working for greater than 48hours per week.


Keywords: Prevalence; Work­Related Injuries; Road Construction; Workers.

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