Open AccessWork-related musculoskeletal disorder: An occupational disorder of the goldsmiths in India
Author(s) -
Tirthankar Ghosh,
Banibrata Das,
Somnath Gangopadhyay
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.66890
Subject(s) - workload , feeling , work (physics) , musculoskeletal disorder , psychology , medicine , physical therapy , human factors and ergonomics , environmental health , poison control , social psychology , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , operating system
Gold ornament making industries are one of the widespread small-scale industries of India. These industries belong to the unorganized sector of the state. A large number of goldsmiths are working there for prolonged period in cross leg posture at semi-confined workstation.