“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
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