An organization based cross-sectional study of occupational injuries among bridge construction workers in an urban area of Mumbai

Abstract

Background: Occupational injuries are matter of consideration and purport to be raising cost directly like in illnesses and accidents, loss of employment, disability and loss of productivity and subsequently to families and Society. However, there is paucity of studies to elucidate the state of affairs in most of the part of India. The Present study dictates the prevalence of injury and associated factors among Bridge Construction workers in urban area of Mumbai. Objectives are (1) to study prevalence of injury among bridge construction workers, (2) to identify the factors related to such occupational injuries. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among bridge construction workers in urban area of Mumbai from August 2017 to December 2017. Sample size was 150 by convenient method sampling which were selected randomly.Results: The prevalence of injury among Bridge making was 25.7% in past 3 months. Factors like not using protective devices, smoking, tobacco chewing, lack of sleep, work experience were factors associated with suffering.Conclusions: In the study dictating construction workers health and safety in an urban area of Mumbai, where higher prevalence of injury (25.7%) reported in bridge workers in an urban area of Mumbai. If intense mediation are not established then work absenteeism, drooping of work output, occupation related ailments, disabilities and casualties would remain in existence a major problem among construction workers .Therefore programmes to alleviation the load exhibited by construction related injuries should focus on work safety training, monitoring of health and substance abuse in work area.

Hazard Exposure and Health Assessment of Construction Workers in New Delhi, India

“…Around 65% of the workers were married in the current study, which is similar to the findings reported in studies conducted in Mumbai 6 where 58.9% workers were married and Kolkata 7 where 61% workers were married. This is in contrast to the findings of a study conducted by Daljeet kaur et al 8 loss of employment, disability and loss of productivity and subsequently to families and Society. However, there is paucity of studies to elucidate the state of affairs in most of the part of India.…”

“…Workers usually work for longer time to earn more wages and to meet the basic needs of life. Although the result is in contrast to the observation made by Daljeet Kaur et al 8 loss of employment, disability and loss of productivity and subsequently to families and Society. However, there is paucity of studies to elucidate the state of affairs in most of the part of India.…”

“…The major hazards faced by the workers in the current study were thermal stress, dust and noise. In addition, 23% workers suffered from frequent injuries, 10% had falls and 15% had injury by falling object, nearly similar results were reported by Daljeet kaur et al 8 loss of employment, disability and loss of productivity and subsequently to families and Society. However, there is paucity of studies to elucidate the state of affairs in most of the part of India.…”

Utilization of personal protective equipment and associated factors among building construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019

“…Occupational injuries pose major public health and developmental problems; which result in serious health, social, and economic consequences on workers and their employers [5]. Employees must understand when is necessary to use, what equipment is required, how to use or wear, how to care, how to know when the equipment has reached the end of its useful life and how to dispose of PPE [6,16,17]. The prevalence of occupational injury is high which is by low PPE usage [18].…”

Work-related Injury and Disability among Tannery Workers of Kanpur, India

“…The risk factors were not using protective devices, smoking, tobacco chewing, lack of sleep and work experience associated with suffering. 10 Further, forty-four percent of the industrial workers were affected by external injuries during their working time. 11 Twenty-one percent of the welders suffered from work-related injuries.…”