Open AccessHow common are aches and pains among garment factory workers? A work-related musculoskeletal disorder assessment study in three factories of south 24 Parganas district, West Bengal
Author(s) -
Arkaprovo Pal,
Aparajita Dasgupta,
Sanjoy Kumar Sadhukhan,
Lina Bandyopadhyay,
Bobby Paul,
Debayan Podder
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_55_20
Subject(s) - medicine , work related musculoskeletal disorders , workforce , logistic regression , west bengal , musculoskeletal disorder , environmental health , cross sectional study , physical therapy , socioeconomics , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth
Garment Industry is considered to be the second-largest employment sector in India. Occupational health problems among workers are often ignored, work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) accounts for the majority of it. The leverage of a healthy workforce is indispensable in the smooth running of the country's economic machinery.