Occupational risk assessment and selected morbidities among cement brick unit workers in a rural area of Bangalore District, India

Vol 12 No 1 (2022)

Section : Original Articles

The labor-intensive nature of cement brick manufacturing, its unorganized nature and internal migration, expose the employees to several occupational health hazards. The objective of the study was to assess the occupational risks in cement brick unit settings and to estimate the prevalence of respiratory and musculoskeletal morbidities among the cement brick unit workers in a rural area of Bangalore urban district.