Investigation on KAP of 514 workers in garages on occupational disease prevention

Objective To investigate the KAP on occupational diseases prevention of workers in garages, and to provide orientation for enterprises to carry out the occupational health education.

Methods Totally 514 employees in 121 garages were investigated with a self-designed questionnaire.

Results It showed that 87.1% workers knew the Law on Prevention and Control of Occupational Disease; the female workers, the staff with higher education levels or in management positions had higher awareness (P < 0.05). Only 70.3% workers mastered the knowledge on prevention and control of occupational disease; the female workers, the staff with higher education levels had higher awareness (P < 0.05). It showed that 89.5% worker obtained such knowledge through the training organized by the garages.

Conclusion The staff, especially the male workers with lower education levels in the garages, should be trained to improve the KAP on prevention and control of occupational disease.