A Case Control Study Among Carpet Thread Factory Workers in Uttar Pradesh, India: Occupational Injury and its Deteriorating Factors

A Case Control Study Among Carpet Thread Factory Workers in Uttar Pradesh, India: Occupational Injury and its Deteriorating Factors

By Dr. Ajeet Jaiswal Pondicherry University,India

Abstract -

Occupational injuries have a major impact on public health and exact a huge toll in the
workplace. Annually throughout the world, it is estimated that ∼300 000 people die from 250
million accidents that occur in the workplace (who 1999). However, efforts towards investigation
of determinants among carpet thread factory workers are very minimal in developing countries
including India. The aim of the study was to identify determinants of occupational injury among
workers in carpet thread factory of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh state, India and to assess the
different protective measures used during working day to prevent the different hazards.
The sample consisted of 650 carpet thread factory included 310 workers (cases) and 340
non workers (controls).All the respondents were interviewed by a pretested questionnaire
regarding occupational injury status within Eighteen month period (May 2007 to November
2008).

Keywords : Occupational injury, Carpet Thread Factory, Workers, Non Workers

Industrial Health Management and Safety in the Textile Industry

Industrial Health Management and Safety in the Textile Industry

* Ajeet Jaiswal, **Sapna Jaiswal

*Dr. Ajeet Jaiswal, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India.  Email: rpgajeet@gmail.com, Phone no. : 09791201427, 08122594335.

**Mrs Sapna Jaiswal, MBA, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.

Abstract:

Industrial health management and safety also commonly referred to as Industrial health and safety or workplace health and safety is an area concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goals of occupational safety and health programs include to foster a safe and healthy work environment. Industrial health and safety may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, and many others who might be affected by the workplace environment. Industrial health is a multidisciplinary field of healthcare concerned with enabling an individual to undertake their occupation, in the way that causes least harm to their health. Health has been defined as it contrasts, for example, with the promotion of health and safety at work, which is concerned with preventing harm from any incidental hazards, arising in the workplace. This article aims at studying Industrial Health Management and Safety issues in relation to the US and Indian textile industries in detail, along with the possible solutions for these problems describing the major safety and health issues in the textile industry like Workplace hazards, Exposure to cotton dust, Exposure to chemicals, Exposure to noise, Ergonomic issues and Healthcare and Social Assistance.

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Key words: Industrial Health Management, Textile industry, Occupational Safety and Health programs.