Asian Journal of Home Science

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Occupational Health Hazards Faced by the Spice Grinding Workers


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1 Department of Textiles and Apparel Designing, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
     

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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.

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Spice Grinders, Protective Clothing, Physical Problems
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Authors

Sudha Babel
Department of Textiles and Apparel Designing, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Rupali Rajvanshi
Department of Textiles and Apparel Designing, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Abstract


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.

Keywords


Spice Grinders, Protective Clothing, Physical Problems

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