Open AccessOccupation Hazards – Pattern, Awareness and Preventive Measures among Welders from an Unorganized Sector in India
Author(s) -
Nitin Joseph,
Varun Venkatesh,
S. Akash,
Saurish Hegde,
Errol Moras,
Nikhilgovind P Shenoy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24977.9879
Subject(s) - personal protective equipment , environmental health , overcrowding , medicine , occupational safety and health , test (biology) , descriptive statistics , statistics , paleontology , mathematics , disease , pathology , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , biology , economic growth
Welding is an occupation associated with tremendous physical and chemical hazards. In spite of the risk involved, usage of Personal Protective Gears (PPGs) among welders in developing countries has been reported to be poor, due to their limited awareness of occupational hazards.