Occupational Health Hazards Faced by the Spice Grinding Workers

The objective of present investigation was to find out the existing clothing practices, protective measures used and physical problems faced by the spice grindingworkers. For this purpose, thirty respondents were purposively selected and structured interview schedule was used for data collection. Results revealed that majority of the respondents were wearing the Dhoti, Kurta and Pajama. No protective clothing was used. Physical problem faced were burning sensation on skin while cleaning and grinding chillies, eye irritation, watery nose, coughing and sneezing etc. Hence, the need arises to generate awareness among the spice grinding workers for the use of personal protective clothing to save themselves by various physical problems.