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background injuries problem worldwide occupations welders exposed many hazards work resulting variety health problems including injuries work study conducted find prevalence factors associated injuries among welders dharan city eastern nepalmethods cross sectional study conducted among 86 welders dharan city occurrence injury past 2 weeks past 12 months recorded data regarding sociodemographic along occupational characteristics collected using semi structured questionnaire data analysis done using spss version 17results welders study male almost half welders age 25 years fifth 211 welders received form welding training past 12 months 211 welders suffered work related injuries 95 welders used least one personal protective equipment study injuries seen among welders age 35 years working experience 5 years received training using ppe work however factors found statistically significantconclusions work related injuries high among welders dharan research required explore relationship age literacy training use personal protective equipment occurrence injuries among welders