Identification of Occupational Injury among the Workers of Selected Cement Industries in Bangladesh - A Case Study

Abstract

The paper deals with the identification of occupational injury among workers in

Occupational Health Related Hazard among Workers at Al-Najaf Governmental Cement Factories

“…Also other studies concerned with these factors among workers of other types of industries such as Wood and oil industries and found similar findings (Assessment, 2011;Jerie, 2012;Meo et al, 2013, Eyayo, 2014. The safety measure and equipment are important factor for the safety and the protection of the workers in different workplaces the present study found that majority of the worker used protective clothing head protection equipment; hand and feet's protection equipment; on the other hand; about three quarters of the studied group used the respiratory equipment, these findings agreed that reported in Bangladeshi and Egyptian studies and these findings consistent with the legislations of occupational safety applied in these factories (Iqbal et al, 2010, Shafik & El-Mohsen, 2012). …”

“…In the Bangladeshi study in 2010, Iqba et al, (Iqbal et al, 2010). reported that Arm and leg injuries were the more frequent followed by hand, head and eye injuries due to falls causing wounds and fractures, furthermore, Iqbal et al proved that majority of these injuries incident as a result of welding, belt conveyer and bucket elevator, on the other hand weight lifting represented the second more frequent agent of injuries and lead to back pain, Spondylolisthesis and strains while person fall represented only 7.8% which is lower than our records (Iqbal et al, 2010), the differences in the ranking of the frequency of incidence of these injuries according to the type might attributed to the geographical variation between both countries, and the differences between factories in addition to the variation in the application of safety measures in both countries. It is worth mentioning, that these injuries affected the production process and economic status through the loss of working hours and cost of compensation if present.…”

“…these findings consistent with that reported in previous studies and literatures, however, these injuries are not specific in cement industries but also shared with other industries such as chemical, water refinery (Alli, 2008;Bartram, Wooler, Pond, & Mood, 2000;CSI, 2004;Muhshin et al, 2006). using safety measures and application of safety guidelines are potential factor in elimination or reduction of these injuries, work environment modification is an important factor in prevention of injuries at workplace (CSI, 2004;Iqbal et al, 2010). The identification of occupational injuries among workers is essential for the overconfidence of unskilled and skilled workers.…”

Magnitude of occupational injury and associated factors among factory workers in Ethiopia: The case of Mugher Cement Factory

“…Non-use of PPE can also be the reason. This is consistent with a study done in Kombolcha (Yessuf et al, 2013) and North Gondar (Tadesse and Kumie, 2007) and inconsistent with a study done in Bangladesh (Iqbal et al, 2010), Afar (Yiha and Kumie, 2010) and Addis Ababa (Kifle et al, 2014) this might be due to use of adequate PPE in this studies.…”

“…Worldwide occupational exposure to cement dust and other hazards is the cause for skin allergies, eye irritation and other work related injuries (Sana et al, 2013). Job category, work experience and use of personal protective equipments are the associated factors (Iqbal et al, 2010).…”