DISCOMFORT DUE TO WORK ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY FACTORS AMONG WORKERS IN FOUNDRY INDUSTRY

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the discomfort owing to work environment and safety factors among workers in foundry industry. Fifty workers aged 18-55 years participated in this study. Discomfort due to work environment factors like lighting, unclean workplace, interpersonal relationship and safety factors like job safety knowledge, training and personal protective equipment were subjectively evaluated by the questionnaire survey. The results indicated that, the highest and lowest percentage of workers were experiencing at least one discomfort, that is 72% and 6% respectively. All the 16 discomfort factors scored above the average discomfort score of 2.5 on scale of 5. According to this study outcomes, more exploration is needed on the relationship among discomfort due to work environment and safety factors and its effect on the workers in foundry environment.