Occupational Health Hazards in Municipal Solid Waste Collecting Workers of Chandrapur City, Central India
| Autor: | R. K. Kamble, Priyanka V. Patil |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Municipal solid waste
Population 010501 environmental sciences Chandrapur 01 natural sciences Occupational safety and health Typhoid fever 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health medicine 030212 general & internal medicine lcsh:Agriculture (General) education lcsh:Environmental sciences 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Asthma lcsh:GE1-350 education.field_of_study Occupational health business.industry medicine.disease lcsh:S1-972 Solid waste Hearing disorder Vomiting Bronchitis medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environment, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 46-57 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2091-2854 |
| DOI: | 10.3126/ije.v6i1.16867 |
| Popis: | Solid waste management has important occupational health issues associated with it. Out of 204 solid waste collecting workers of Chandrapur Municipal Corporation, 20 workers were selected (10% of the population) as sample size (15 female and 5 male) and 10 individuals as control group (5 female and 5 male). The study was carried out from November 2015 to January 2016. Peak Expiratory Flow Rate analysis was carried out through Breath-o meter and identification and assessment of other occupational health hazards through interview schedule specially designed and developed for this study. The results of the study showed that, Peak Expiratory Flow Rate values were lower in exposed workers as compared with control group. These workers were exposed to a number of environmental and occupational hazards leading to musculoskeletal disorders (100%), respiratory problems (90%), headache (90%), dermatological problems (25%) and gastrointestinal problems (15%) during work. It was further observed that these workers were suffering from allergies (100%), stomach pain (50%), asthma and bronchitis lungs (45%), cough and cold (25%), vomiting (25%), hearing disorder (20%), fever (15%), typhoid (10%), malaria (5%) etc. after completion of work.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT, Volume-6, Issue-1, Dec-Feb 2016/17, page: 46-57 |
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