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Table 2 Machinery operation (N = 69)

From: Occupational hazards in medium and large scale industrial sectors in Sri Lanka: experience of a developing country

Description

Yes

No

No

%

No

%

Machinery difficult to operate

41

59.4

28

40.6

Controls hard to reach

44

63.8

25

36.2

Working surfaces are in proper heights

22

31.9

47

68.1

Equipment cause excessive vibration

22

31.9

47

68.1

Mobile equipment are safe

21

30.4

48

69.6

Body exposed to continues or repeated motions of the equipment

18

26.1

51

73.9

Hand tools difficult to operate

15

21.7

54

78.3

  1. N: work units; %: percentage of number of stations