ISSN: 2265-6294

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS AMONG WORKERS WORKING IN A SELECTED FACTORY OF LUCKNOW

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Mrs. Jasmi Johnson, Mrs. S. Andal, Mrs. Pratibha Srivastava, Mr. Madan Mohan Gupta, Mr. Anwar Shahjad

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An industrial worker is exposed to the risk of occupational disuse and accidents which creates a feeling of physical economic and social insecurity. Non-experimental, descriptive research design was used for this study. 30 workers were selected through convenient sampling technique according to inclusion & exclusion criteria. A structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of workers in the selected factory regarding occupational hazards and its prevention. The study found that Knowledge on occupational hazards and prevention of occupational hazards among the workers was poor; hence they need strong emphasis on awareness to prevent hazards and promote optimum health. In knowledge score test, almost workers in the selected factory had Mild knowledge in the area of occupational hazards (73.33%) and moderate knowledge in the area of prevention of occupational hazards (50%). The result revealed that mean value of knowledge scores is m= 12.20, SD= 4.38 Chi- square test revealed that there was significant association between the Level of knowledge score of workers working in the selected factory and their related demographic variables.

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