ArticleJournal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England)2019
Stress, health, noise exposures, and injuries among electronic waste recycling workers in Ghana.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Health Risks Associated with Informal Electronic Waste Recycling in Africa: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Enhancing informal workers' tools to reduce workplace injuries: a quasi-randomized control trial of electronic waste recyclers in Thailand.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Trial
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- A pilot study on psychosocial factors and perceptions of organizational health among a sample of U.S. waste workers.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Assessing Neurobehavioral Alterations Among E-waste Recycling Workers in Hong Kong.Safety and health at work · 2024Article
- The sound of safety: exploring the determinants of prevention intention in noisy industrial workplaces.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Environmental Injustice and Electronic Waste in Ghana: Challenges and Recommendations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Relationship of Healthy Building Determinants With Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Extremities: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- Effort-Reward Imbalance among a Sample of Formal US Solid Waste Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Assessment of knowledge, attitude, perceptions and risk assessment among workers in e-waste recycling shops, Thailand.Environmental analysis, health and toxicology · 2022Article
- Perceived Stress at Work and Associated Factors among E-Waste Workers in French-Speaking West Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Work Task Association with Lead Urine and Blood Concentrations in Informal Electronic Waste Recyclers in Thailand and Chile.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Biomonitoring of metals in blood and urine of electronic waste (E-waste) recyclers at Agbogbloshie, Ghana.Chemosphere · 2021Article
- Comparison of ergonomic risk factors and work-related musculoskeletal disorders among dismantler and burners of electronic waste in Agbogbloshie, Accra Ghana.Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ... Annual Meeting. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Annual meeting · 2021Article
- Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the environmental systems: a review.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2021Review
- Opportunities and challenges in reducing personal inhalation exposure to air pollution among electronic waste recovery workers in Ghana.American journal of industrial medicine · 2021Article
- Musculoskeletal Disorder Symptoms among Workers at an Informal Electronic-Waste Recycling Site in Agbogbloshie, Ghana.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Prevalence of hearing loss among noise-exposed workers within the services sector, 2006-2015.International journal of audiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundElectronic waste (e-waste) recycling workers in low and middle-income countries have the potential for occupational injuries due to the nature of their work at informal e-waste sites. However, limited research exists on stress, noise, occupational injuries, and health risks associated with this work environment. This study evaluated injury experience, noise exposures, and stress risk factors among e-waste workers at the large recycling site in the Agbogbloshie market, Accra, Ghana.
methodsParticipants completed a survey addressing their work, health status, stress, exposures to several occupational hazards (including noise), use of personal protective equipment at work, and injury experience. A subset of participants also completed personal noise dosimetry measurements. Poisson regression was used to evaluate the association between the number of injuries experienced by participants and various factors evaluated in the survey.
resultsForty-six male e-waste workers completed the survey, and 26 completed a noise dosimetry measurement. Participants experienced an average of 9.9 ± 9.6 injuries per person in the previous 6 months (range: 1-40). The majority of injuries were lacerations (65.2%), and the most common injury location was the hand (45.7%). Use of personal protective equipment was rare. The mean time-weighted average noise level was 78.8 ± 5.9 dBA. Higher perceived stress, greater age, poorer health status, not using gloves, and involvement in dismantling activities were associated with an increased number of injuries. After controlling for each of these risk factors, perceived stress level and perceived noise exposure were associated with a significantly greater number of injuries.
conclusionsOur study identified a large number of injuries among informal e-waste recyclers, and we found that higher levels of perceived stress and perceived noise were associated with an increased number of occupational injuries, even after controlling for other injury risk factors.
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