Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2014

Assessment of Respiratory Stress in Work Place Environment of Sugar Industry

Dr. S. A. Nayakawadi

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The sugar industry constitutes one of the biggest industry in Maharashtra. There is labour intensive employment of about thousands of workman. It is the largest agro based industry plays a Key role in economy of Maharashtra state. The working and living conditions of the sugar industry workers are extremely poor. The occupational health problems in workers working in various processing units of sugar industry are enormous , mainly because of variety of occupational stress factors. High concentration of clay dust in cane yard section , bagasse dust in mill and bagasse baling section are the main causes of respiratory problems among these workers. In present investigation lung function tests viz. TLC, FVC and FEV1 from randomly selected ten workers from each processing unit (section) of engineering sectionof sugar industry during work were investigated. The workers from general office were taken as control group. It was found that, the values of TLC, FVC and FEV1 were significantly lower in workers working in cane yard section, mill section and bagasse baling section as compared to those of control subject.  

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Dr. S.A.NAYAKAWADI Assessment of Respiratory Stress in Work Place Environment of Sugar Industry Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue.7 July 2014

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