Ergonomics Assessment and Health Problem Faced by the Street Sweepers

Page: 112-114

Monika and Manju Mehta (Department of Family Resource Management, I.C. College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana)

Sweepers play the important role in providing the healthy and safe environment. They clean our surrounding environment and maintain proper hygiene and sanitation. They exposed to the major problems like MSD’S, health problems (headache, fatigue, fever, asthma). The study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana with the aim to study the ergonomics aspects and the health hazards faced by sweepers in which 30 respondents were taken randomly in which 15 were male respondents and 15 were female respondents. The interview schedule was prepared to collect the data. The result showed that majority of the male sweepers having problem in carrying posture whereas in females lifting posture causes problem to them. With regard to health problem both the male and female sweepers having problem of breathless/asthma (respiratory problem). The prevalence of pain was found in the shoulders among both the respondents.