Health profile of plastic industry workers in Mangaluru city – A cross sectional study
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: The majority of modern products made today have some sort of plastic component. With the high demand for plastic manufacturing, distribution and compounding, comes a high demand for workers. Plastics pose short and long term health hazards on human beings Aim: To study the health profile of Plastic industry workers in one of the plastic factories in Mangalore. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was onducted among the plastic factory workers (n=53) working in aplastic factory in Coastal Karnataka. Pre-tested semi structured questionnaire was administered after obtaining written informed consent to collect socio demographic details, knowledge and practice of personal protection measures, current and past illnesses. Thorough clinical examination and routine blood investigations were performed. Results: Majority of the workers were ales(60.4%),with a mean age of 29.7 years.94.3% were Hindus and 58.5% were local residents.98.1% of them were literate. 41.5 % and 18.9% of them suffered from cuts and burns respectively. 41.5% of them had features suggestive of dermatitis, while 15.1% of them had eye irritation.39.6% of them had eosinophilia. Conclusion: The health profile of the plastic workers was found to be satisfactory except for the presence of dermatitis, cuts and burns. A significant proportion of them donot use personal protective equipments, emphasis has to be laid on their use and its promotion. This is a preliminary study which revealed certain health problems of plastic workers; we recommend more such studies to throw adequate light on this field of occupational health.
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G Chandana, Satish More, Prasanna KS, Sachidananda K, Chethana K
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