A Sociodemographic study on the health hazards and economic challenges of sawmill workers in Chhattisgarh and Odisha State of India

Abstract

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17863425

Dust concentration: Dust from the Wood is fine, powdery wood debris resulted from wood processing (like cutting, grinding, drilling, sanding) in sawmill. This cross-sectional study was conducted on sawmill workers, where workers were occupationally exposed to wood dust particles during cutting wood by machines at their workplace, in different zones of Raigarh of Chhattisgarh (7 Sawmill) and Sundargarh, Odissa state (6 Sawmills) of India, from August 2022 to Feb-2023. To conduct this cross-sectional study, 150 male sawmill workers were randomly selected from 13 sawmills in Chhattisgarh and Odissa. The present study is deals with the economic challenges of saw mill labourers. This study found that the majority of sawmill labourers are facing the problem of low wages as compared to heavy work. Medical checkups should be done per month. They need good salary, hygiene at working site, medical facility, loan facility improve the health as well as the family life.