Open AccessA Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Occupational Hazards and Utilization of Safety Measures among Construction Labourers at Selected Construction Sites of Jodhpur
Author(s) -
Mukesh Soni,
Parvej Khan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of innovative science and research technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-2165
DOI - 10.38124/ijisrt20jun728
Subject(s) - work (physics) , nonprobability sampling , occupational safety and health , descriptive statistics , rehabilitation , environmental health , health care , data collection , descriptive research , factory (object oriented programming) , medicine , psychology , nursing , operations management , applied psychology , engineering , sociology , computer science , physical therapy , social science , political science , mechanical engineering , population , statistics , mathematics , pathology , law , programming language
Work plays an important role in people's lives as most workers spend at least 8 hours a day in the workplace whether it be in a building, office or factory. Occupational health is also a health concern regarding work and work. Occupational health not only protects health but also promotes health, emergency care, a wide range of preventative, therapeutic, rehabilitation services, an all-encompassing concept that can work to promote the health and wellbeing of employees. Construction work is considered a physically demanding task, usually under difficult conditions including hot, cold or wet weather. Construction workers closest to immigrants and members of other low-income groups are dealing with illness and injury resulting from work. Quantitative descriptive survey study approach and non experimental research design was used.Total 50 construction labourers working in construction site Jodhpur were selected by purposive sampling technique.Data collection by structured knowledge questionnaire and analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.