A Study to Assess the Knowledge regarding Occupational Hazards and Safety Measures among Automobile Workers at Selected Workshops in Chengalpet

Angelin Lavanya.S, Janaki Priya.S

Abstract: Occupational health is essentially preventive medicine. occupational health should aim at the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical and mental and social wellbeing of workers in all occupations; the prevention among workers of departures from health caused by their working conditions: the protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from factors adverse to health ; the placing and maintenance of the workers in an occupational environment, and to summarize, the adaptation of works to man and of each man to his job. A descriptive cross sectional research design was selected for this study. The knowledge of occupational hazards and safety measures among automobile workers is assessed by quantitative approach. Study sample for the study is 100 and age group above 20 above 50 years. Purposive sampling technique has been chosen for this study. The self- structured questionnaire is used to assess the knowledge regarding occupational hazards and safety measures among automobile workers at selected workshops in chengalpattu.

Keywords: Knowledge, automobile workers, safety, occupational hazards, workshop