Open AccessHealth profile of workers in a ship building and repair industry
Author(s) -
Vaishali R Lokhande
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5278.146898
Subject(s) - occupational safety and health , environmental health , medicine , overweight , physical hazard , yard , personal protective equipment , business , obesity , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , disease , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The modern ship building industry, which encompasses the ship yards and marine equipment manufacturing, is an important and strategic industry. The various activities in modern ship building, maintenance, and repair have to be carried out at heights, or in closed confined spaces along with the added risk of exposure to chemicals and metal fumes. These activities expose the workers to various health hazards.