ANTHROPO-MEDICAL PROFILE OF TEXTILE WORKERS,
Alfa Publications, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-93-80937-75-5.:2012.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
“Occupational Health and Safety
of Workers in Municipal Solid Waste Management System” International Journal of
Clinical Studies and Medical Case Reports, 2020, 2, 1: 1-4 (ISSN: 2692-5877). Co
author: Arivanandan M.
Occupational Health and Safety of Workers in Municipal Solid Waste Management System
Arivanandan M1 and Jaiswal A2*
1Department of Social Sciences, Tamil University, Thanjavur, India
2Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding author: Ajeet Jaiswal, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: rpgajeet@gmail.com
Received: July 18, 2020 Published: August 04, 2020
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Clinical Studies & Medical Case Reports
DOI: 10.46998/IJCMCR.2020.02.000049
ISSN 2692-5877
Abstract
The Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) comprises with household garbage rubbish, street sweepings, sanitation residues, etc. Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) includes generation, storage, collection, transfer, transport and disposal of Municipal Solid Waste. In the processes of the MSWM, the waste disposal workers are playing a significant role. These employees are suffering from the infectious diseases such as allergic respiratory diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, the lower back, neck, knee pain etc. One of the major reasons for this situation is the inappropriate handling of the safety measures during the collection and disposal of waste by the workers. This leads more health related problems to the workers further affects social, economic condition of their families. Therefore, the general notion in the developing and underdeveloped countries is that the waste disposal workers are facing high risk in health and safety aspects in their occupational condition. Therefore, to study about the occupational related health and safety condition of the Municipal Solid Waste workers is need of the hour in the present scenario. In this aspect, this study focuses the occupational health and safety condition of the municipal solid waste workers in the Musiri Panchayat Union, Trichy district, Tamilnadu.
Methodology: It is an empirical study and the data was collected from the respondents in the waste collecting points and the dumping places. The data was collected through the self-structured interview scheduled and observation methods. The total number of the respondents is 60, both male and female workers. Result: The workers are facing health related problems. The workers are not following even the minimum level of safety measures during waste collection and other processes. The male workers are having the habits of drinking alcohol and smoking, eating tobacco and the female workers are felt satisfy and security in their working place.
Keywords: Municipal Solid Waste; Health; Safety; Occupation; Workers
“Effect of Petrol Fumes On An Anthropometry And Ventilatory Function Among Petrol Pump Workers of Puducherry, India” Human Biology Review, International Peer Reviewed Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2020, 9(4): 358-1369, (ISSN 2277 4424).
Effect of petrol fumes on an anthropometry and ventilatory function among petrol pump workers of Puducherry, India
A. Jaiswal
Citation: Jaiswal A. 2020. Effect of petrol fumes on an anthropometry and ventilatory function among petrol pump workers of Pondicherry, India. Human Biology Review, 9 (4), 358-369.
*Dr. Ajeet Jaiswal, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India. Email: rpgajeet@gmail.com, Phone no. : 09791201427
ABSTRACT
The study of Occupational health in petrochemical industry examines to promote health and safety to the workers in India. The Hazards and risk involved in the petrochemical industry is high compared with other industries and least importance is given to worker’s health. Most of accident does not come to the legal formalities. The People are not aware of health and safety is due to the workers are uneducated and management not given importance due to promote Industrial health and Occupational safety in petrochemical industry becomes a barrier in implementing Industrial health and Occupational safety. Present study is an analytical cross sectional, aims to study to determine the effect of petrol fumes on anthropometry and ventilatory function among petrol pump workers in district Pondicherry, Puducherry, India. 84 petrol pump workers with age, sex, weight and height matched controls were recruited from among 102 pump workers in Pondicherry. Using the modified British Medical Research Council Questionnaire, the ventilatory function parameters of the subjects and controls were measured with an microplus spirometer. The mean values of ventilatory function parameters of petrol pump workers were lower than that of controls but only that for PEFR was statistically significant. The mean ventilatory parameters by the work hour per week and by the number of vehicles filled per day were statistically significant for FEV1.0/FVC, PEFR and FEV10, FEV1.0/FVC, PEFR. Abnormal ventilatory function was seen in a good percent of petrol pump workers (29.76%) which consisted of obstructive defects (16.67%) and restrictive defects (13.09%) compared to (13.09%) and (8.33%) in the control groups respectively. The difference was not statistically significant. The mean ventilatory function parameters in workers who smoke was lower than in control groups who smoke. The difference was statistically significant for FEV1.0/FVC. The mean ventilatory function parameters in non-smoking workers were significantly lower than in non-smoking controls. There was no statistically significant difference in the mean ventilatory function parameters of petrol pump workers who smoke and those who do not smoke. The study showed that exposure to petrol fumes among petrol pump workers (who had worked as such for more than one year) had significant effect on their ventilatory function and not much on anthropometry. The study also showed that abnormal ventilatory pattern was prevalent in petrol pump workers, predominant ventilatory dysfunction was obstructive.
Keywords: FEV1.0, FVC, PEFR, Ventilatory functions, Spirometer, Petrol pump workers.
Dynamic Concept of Tribes in India” Indian Journal of Dalit and Tribal Studies (IJDTS)Volume- 8, Issue- 1, Jan-June 2020, 1-15, (ISSN 2348-1757).
Dynamic Concept of Tribes in India
*Dr. Ajeet Jaiswal
Abstract
In India, tribals are generally called ‘Adivasis’ as they are believed to be the original inhabitants of this land who continue maintain their distinct territorial and cultural identity. The history of India has been influenced by its tribal people to a degree far out of proportion to their numbers from the Vedic to the British period. Tribals are notable for their adaptations to their physical environment. They have a symbiotic relation with the natural setting. The present article aimed at highlighting the changing concept of Tribes in India from the Vedic to present period. This article presents an overview of a dynamics of change among the tribes of India, Constitutional provisions, Article 342, criteria for specification as Scheduled Tribe, religion is no bar for specifying a person or tribe or a community as a scheduled tribe, historical background and procedure for inclusion and the article end with conclusive remark that the tribals are integral part of Indian-civilization and possess a very rich cultural heritage. Their cultural heritage reflected in diversities of their languages and physical characteristics is unique. It has survived through the ages.
Keywords: Scheduled Tribe, Tribes, Article 342, Aborigines, India.
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