A Study on the Association between Working Environment and Health Problems of Construction Workers according to the Difference in Working Hour

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Tae-sung Jung ◽  
◽  
Ki-Youn Kim ◽  
Eun-Mi Baek
Keyword(s):  
Health Problems ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Environment And Health ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Working Hour

scholarly journals Health Problems among Women Building Construction Workers

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nahid Sultana ◽  
Jannatul Ferdousi ◽  
Md Shahidullah
Keyword(s):  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Uterine Prolapse ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Respiratory Problem ◽  
Different Types

Back ground: Construction industry is one of the stable growing industries world over, including Bangladesh. In Dhaka city there are many construction sites, where workers are exposed to hazardous condition, specially the female workers. Throughout the world, over 90% of construction workers are male. In some developing countries, the proportion of women is higher. In Bangladesh their number is increasing day by day. Objective: To explore the health problems among the women building construction workers Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 134 female construction workers. Data was collected through face to face interview by using prefixed questionnaire. The study was conducted from September 2011 to December 2012 in the Department of Community medicine, Dhaka National Medical College, Dhaka. The subjects were selected from different building construction sites of old Dhaka city. Results: It was observed that among 134 respondents, majority 96(71.6%) of the women construction worker were brick breaker and 38(28.3%) were weight carrier. Their mean age was 38.29±6.9 years. Most workers 110 (82.1%) had different types of skin problem. The proportion of skin problems was found to be high among the weight carrier and the difference was statistically highly significant (pOE .001). 89(66.5%) respondents had urinary tract infection, 66(49.3%) had constipation and 24(17.9%) complaint uterine prolapse. Among the total respondents 68(58.2%) complain of backache. The workers who complain of backache, 52(54.1%) were brick breaker and 16(42.1%) were weight carrier. 79 (58.9%) respondents used personal protective equipments, among them 61(77.2%) used self made hand gloves and 38(48.1%) used folded towel to carry weight. Besides of the total respondents 117(87.3%) complain of different types of respiratory problem. Conclusion: The study concludes that different types of skin diseases are present among female construction workers that might be attributable to exposure to hot humid working environment. Besides pain full micturation, uterine prolapse, low backache and respiratory problem were found among them which might need special attention. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbsp.v9i1.22793 Bangladesh Soc Physiol. 2014, June; 9(1): 31-36

A Study on Working Environment and Health Status of Workers in Some Dyeing Factories

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
No Suk Ki ◽  
Chung Ja Ahn ◽  
Dai Ha Koh ◽  
Jung Sang Lee ◽  
Yoo Yong Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Environment And Health

scholarly journals Risk Perception in the Construction Industry: Differences Between Italian and Migrant Workers Before and After a Targeted Training Intervention

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-71
Author(s):  
Federico Ricci ◽  
Giulia Bravo ◽  
Alberto Modenese ◽  
Fabrizio De Pasquale ◽  
Davide Ferrari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Visual Tool ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Linguistic Barriers ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Difference

We developed a visual tool to assess risk perception for a sample of male construction workers (forty Italian and twenty-eight immigrant workers), just before and after a sixteen-hour training course. The questionnaire included photographs of real construction sites, and workers were instructed to select pictograms representing the occupational risks present in each photograph. Points were awarded for correctly identifying any risks that were present, and points were deducted for failing to identify risks that were present or identifying risks that were not present. We found: (1) Before the course, risk perception was significantly lower in immigrants compared to Italians ( p < .001); (2) risk perception improved significantly ( p < .001) among all workers tested; and (3) after the training, the difference in risk perception between Italians and immigrants was no longer statistically significant ( p = .1086). Although the sample size was relatively small, the results suggest that the training is effective and may reduce the degree to which cultural and linguistic barriers hinder risk perception. Moreover, the use of images and pictograms instead of words to evaluate risk perception could also be applied to nonconstruction workplaces.

scholarly journals Workplace Bullying, Working Environment and Health

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel OXENSTIERNA ◽  
Stig ELOFSSON ◽  
Maria GJERDE ◽  
Linda MAGNUSSON HANSON ◽  
T^|^ouml;res THEORELL
Keyword(s):  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Environment And Health

ASSESSMENT OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OCCURRENCE OF SICK BUILDING SYNDROME IN SMALL OFFICES IN PENANG, MALAYSIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ang Qiu Mei ◽  
Md Azree Othuman Mydin
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Sick Building Syndrome ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
Comfort Level ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Sick Building ◽  
The Difference

This study was done to investigate the relationship between indoor environmental quality and prevalence of Sick Building Syndrome in six small offices inPenangIsland. Indoor environmental quality measurement was conducted according to relevant standards. There are totally Sixty workers were selected to participate in an electronic questionnaire survey. Questionnaire was used to record the comfort level of respondents in the case studies and level of sick building syndrome faced by respondents. Through indoor environmental quality measurement, it is found that most of the offices facing the lighting and noise problem. The result from the questionnaire shows that in overall, the occupants satisfy with their working environment in term of indoor environmental quality although the result also shows the opinions of occupants on dissatisfaction on certain indoor environmental parameter according to case study. The study also found that most of the occupants feel drowsy and fatigue when they work within the offices. Besides, due to the difference of the indoor environmental quality of the buildings, the occupants are suffered from different symptoms of the sick building syndrome.

scholarly journals Investigating the Factors Associated with Job Satisfaction of Construction Workers in South Australia

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
M. Reza Hosseini ◽  
Nicholas Chileshe ◽  
George Zillante
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Job Dissatisfaction ◽  
The South ◽  
Length Of Service ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Age Related

The purpose of this paper is twofold. Firstly, its aim is to ascertain the major aspects of job satisfaction for South Australian construction workers including the main ramifications of job satisfaction in the working environment. Secondly, it investigates the influence of key age-related factors i.e. chronological age, organisational age and length of service on major aspects of job satisfaction. The collected data for this study comprised 72 questionnaires completed by construction practitioners working at operational levels in the South Australian construction industry. Based on the responses from the target group, this study deduced that job dissatisfaction was predominantly related to the adverse impact on personal health and quality of life. In addition, indifference and the perception of dejection in the workplace are the main consequences of low levels of job satisfaction. Inferential analyses revealed that none of the age-related factors could significantly affect the major aspects of job satisfaction of construction workers in the South Australian context. The study concludes with providing practical suggestions for redesigning human resources practices for increasing the level of job satisfaction within the South Australian construction industry.Keywords: Job satisfaction, workers, age, construction industry, South Australia

Determination of Key Technical Parameters of Special Hydraulic Turbine for Cooling Tower

2011 ◽  
Vol 383-390 ◽  
pp. 1386-1390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Pin Li ◽  
Hai Peng Nan ◽  
Kai Chuang Duan
Keyword(s):  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Hydraulic Turbine ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Pressure System ◽  
Technical Parameters ◽  
Circulating Water ◽  
Power Turbine ◽  
In Series ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Save Energy

The author analyzed the working environment of special hydraulic turbine for cooling tower basing on the difference between the special turbine for cooling tower and the conventional power turbine. The former works in series pressure system and the water head determined by the pipeline resistance and the property of circulating water pump of cooling tower. It is the key to transform the cooling tower system successfully and save energy to build up a series special theories which include the specific speed of turbine for cooling tower, the type of turbine, the parameters selection, the design of the flow passage and runner of turbine by effectively transforming the conventional power turbine theory to the special turbine of cooling tower.

Environmental Health Control for the Rubber Industry

1971 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 512-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. E. McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Synthetic Polymers ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Rubber Industry ◽  
Environmental Controls ◽  
Hazard Control ◽  
Industrial Operations

Abstract To present a review of the health problems and their control for the Rubber Industry requires the making of certain choices relative to the breadth of the discussion. It is well known that the Rubber Industry has many facets. These involve not only the conversion of the natural and synthetic polymers into usable articles, but the manufacture of chemicals, plastics, and numerous other materials. For this reason, this review is restricted to the manufacture of the commonly used synthetic polymers and to the operations incident to the conversion of these polymers and the natural polymer into marketable products. Why should there be a concern with respect to the health problems of the Rubber Industry? (1) It is well known that many different chemicals are used, not only in the manufacture of polymers but in the conversion process. The industry is a huge consumer of chemicals, and these run the gamut of highly hazardous to inocuous. Proper environmental controls must be applied in order to handle them safely. (2) An increased emphasis by governmental agencies for a safe working environment has also been an important factor. (3) And, finally, our society as a whole shows an increasing concern with respect to all environmental factors affecting life and property. Industrial hygienists use a basic guiding principle for all environmental health hazard control: all materials are toxic to some degree, including such common essentials as water and oxygen. The problem is to determine the level or quantity at which a specific material is harmful or produces an adverse effect. The question is always, therefore, not whether a material is toxic; rather, is it hazardous (too much). It would be impossible for most industrial operations to occur if we had to have zero exposure of personnel to materials. The definition of the hazardous amount is frequently very difficult and time consuming, and involves skills of several disciplines, including those of toxicology and medicine. It requires the study of animals under controlled insult conditions and the ongoing observations of humans during their working lifetime.

scholarly journals Comparison of respiratory protection during workload between different wearing methods of replaceable particulate respirators and powered air-purifying respirators

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroka Baba ◽  
Kazunori Ikegami ◽  
Shingo Sekoguchi ◽  
Taiki Shirasaka ◽  
Hajime Ando ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resting State ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Respiratory Protection ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Number Of Particles

This study evaluated the difference in respiratory protection between replaceable particulate respirators (RPRs) and powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs), with different wearing methods during workload. Participants wore RPRs or PAPRs in the ways that workers wore them in actual workplaces. We measured the number of particles inside and outside the respiratory protective equipment (RPE) during workload for each wearing variation. The fit factor (FF) of RPRs in the workload state was significantly lower than that in the resting state, indicating inadequate respiratory protection. In contrast, the FF of PAPRs during workload was significantly lower than that at rest; however, respiratory protection was maintained. PAPR did not show a significant decrease in FF owing to the wearing variations during workload. In conclusion, PAPRs were found to be superior to RPRs in terms of respiratory protection. PAPRs are better than RPRs for workers who have to wear RPE inappropriately due to health problems.

scholarly journals Occupational Health Problems of Construction Workers in Valley of Kashmir

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Sarwar Mir
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Protective Measure ◽  
Occupational Health Services ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Accidental Injury ◽  
Cross Sectional

Occupational risks have been classed as the tenth leading cause of morbidity and mortality and occupational skin diseases are important problem in the construction industries. Aim: The aim of this study is to understand the occupational health problems of construction workers engaged at large construction site in Kashmir. Materials and methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at a large scale construction site of a cement factory on outskirts of Srinagar.All workers (N=200) were enrolled as study subjects. Data was collected by the team consisting of investigators, doctors and social worker using a pre tested validated structured preformed. Result: Among 200 workers only 28.0% used protective measure and 70% had suffered with at least one form of disease. Among them different diseases were found in following percentages i.e. respiratory problems (45.7%), musculo-skelekal problems (32.8%), Dermatitis (78.6%), burn/scald (6.6%) and accidental injury (28.6%). Conclusion: Measures are needed to improve the work environment of construction workers by ensuring availability of protective gears, sanitation facilities at the sites along with an accessible, accountable occupational health services

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