Occupational Health risks among the workers in Marble industry
Aamir, Md
Background:
Being the fastest growing major economy in the world with a vast population, India, has 90%
of workforce is engaged in the informal sector. Rajasthan is on the top in the country in terms
of marble production. Due to boom in construction industry, marble is in high demand.
Besides, due to water scarcity and high dependency on monsoon in Rajasthan, people choose
the mining and its allied industries for their livelihood. As these workers are from informal
sector as well as low social strata. Thus, these workers perform their duties in poor and unsafe
working conditions and exposed them to various hazards resulting from the inhalation of air
borne particulates and the use of machines/equipment and these poses a lot of danger to
their health and safety. In India, there is still paucity of literature on occupational hazards
among the marble industry workers. The current study is aimed at filling this vital gap in the
current knowledge.
Objective: To assess the Occupational Health risks among the marble workers.
Method and Material:
A descriptive, cross sectional study will be carried out among the marble workers in
Kishangarh mandi, Ajmer. Respondents will be selected using multi-stage sampling technique.
A structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire would be used to collect data from the
respondents. The data will be analysed using SPSS version 20.
Results and Conclusion:
Keywords: Occupational health, Marable industry, informal workers
1. MOHAMMED AAMIR, Research Scholar, Dept. Of Social Work, Central
University Of Rajasthan, Ajmer