Background: Child labor is the engagement of children in prohibited work and
activities. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess health hazards among children labor in
car repair workshops in rural community. Design: A descriptive design was used to conduct
this study. Setting: This study was conducted at 86 workshops in Beni-Suef city. Sample: A
convenient sample of 208 child aged from 5 to 18 years was selected. Tools: Two tools were
used for data collection, first tool divided into five parts, structured interviewing
questionnaire to assess socio- demographic data of children, children labor health needs and
problems in car repair workshops, knowledge of children regarding health hazards,
knowledge of children regarding protective measures and its importance, and the health
hazards among children labor in car repair workshops, second tool observational checklist to
assess safety measures and environment observation checklist to determine environmental
factors and occupational hazards in car repair workshops. Results: The mean age of children
was 9.3 ±4.1 years, more than four fifth of children had unsatisfactory level of knowledge
regarding health hazards and safety measures, most of them not perform practices during
work, physical hazards represent nearly one third and nearly most of the studied workshops
had inadequate environmental safety and sanitation. Conclusion: physical and chemical
hazards were seen to be the most common health hazards of labor in car repair workshops
among the studied children. Physical and psychological sides were seen to be the most
common health needs and problems among the studied children. Also, there was a highly
statistically significant relation between occurrence of health hazards and environment of car
repair workshops. Recommendations: Intervention program to prevent health hazards
among children labor in car repair workshops in rural community