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Compressed Air Working in Chennai During Metro Tunnel Construction: Occupational Health Problems
Ajit C KulkarniIndian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 21(3):105-108 Chennai metropolis has been growing rapidly. Need was felt of a metro rail system. Two corridors were planned. Corridor 1, of 23 km starting from Washermanpet to Airport. 14.3 km of this would be underground. Corridor 2, of 22 km starting from Chennai Central Railway station to St. Thomas Mount. 9.7 km of this would be underground. Occupational health centre's role involved selection of miners and assessing their fitness to work under compressed air. Planning and execution of compression and decompression, health monitor...
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - March 7, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ajit C Kulkarni Source Type: research

Green Tobacco Sickness: A Brief Review
Shailee Fotedar, Vikas FotedarIndian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 21(3):101-104 Green tobacco sickness (GTS) is the condition that mainly affects the tobacco harvesters. The condition is prevalent in Asian and South American tobacco harvesters. The present review was conducted to discuss the etiology, epidemiology, symptoms, and prevention of GTS. It is caused by the absorption of nicotine through the skin while the workers are engaged in handling the uncured tobacco leaves. The symptoms include nausea, vomiting, pallor, dizziness, headaches, increased perspiration, chills, abdominal pain, diarr...
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - March 7, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Shailee Fotedar Vikas Fotedar Source Type: research

Mental Health in the Workplace: World Mental Health Day 2017
Ramesh NaveenIndian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 21(3):99-100 (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - March 7, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ramesh Naveen Source Type: research

Ensuring sound mental health in the workplace
Saurabh R Shrivastava, Prateek S Shrivastava, Jegadeesh RamasamyIndian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 21(2):97-97 (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - February 13, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Saurabh R Shrivastava Prateek S Shrivastava Jegadeesh Ramasamy Source Type: research

Erasmus syndrome: Silicosis and systemic sclerosis
We report the case of a 42-year-old male, stone cutter by occupation, who was diagnosed as simple chronic silicosis and developed systemic sclerosis. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - February 13, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Shubhra Jain Vinod Joshi Yogendra S Rathore Narendra Khippal Source Type: research

Effectiveness of awareness package on occupational health hazards among ragpickers of New Delhi, India
Conclusion: Efforts should be put to develop training materials on occupation and environmental health and injury issue relating to waste management. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - February 13, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Rashmi Agarwalla Rambha Pathak Mitasha Singh Farzana Islam Mamta Parashar Source Type: research

Are police personnel in puducherry healthy ? findings from & #8220;Partners in Prevention & #8221; Programme in puducherry, India
Conclusion: Our study identified that police personnel were having high CVDs and risk factors. It calls for an urgent need to initiate screening and secondary prevention programmes. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - February 13, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: TS Ravikumar R Kanagarethinam Divya Nair Sitanshu S Kar Source Type: research

Effective office ergonomics awareness: Experiences from global corporates
Conclusion: As because few employees attend deep training lectures, the quick 10-minute program is highly promising as it is practical, replicable, yields increased awareness with wider employee coverage in a much shorter time, instilling a feeling of caring and confidence amongst them towards a robust office ergonomics program. This could lead to propose as a best practice for corporate offices globally. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - February 13, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kishore P Madhwani PK Nag Source Type: research

Hazard identification, risk assessment, and control measures as an effective tool of occupational health assessment of hazardous process in an iron ore pelletizing industry
Conclusion: The hazards having high-risk rating and above were reduced to a level considered As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) when the control measures were applied, thereby reducing the occurrence of injury or disease in the workplace. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - February 13, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: BK Rout BK Sikdar Source Type: research

Correlates of stone quarry workers & #39; awareness of work-related ocular health hazards and utilization of protective eye devices: Findings in southeastern Nigeria
Conclusions: Findings from the study reveal high level of awareness yet nonutilization of eye protection. Barriers to the utilization of these eye protective devices should be addressed to ensure greater compliance of its use. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - February 13, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: CN Ezisi BI Eze O Okoye O Arinze Source Type: research

Occupational health and role of gender: A study in informal sector fisheries of Udupi, India
Conclusion: This study identified many occupational and gender issues in the informal sector. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - February 13, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Pooja Tripathi Ramachandra Kamath Rajnarayan Tiwari Source Type: research

Developing spirituality at workplace: Boon or bane
Radha SainiIndian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 21(2):43-44 (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - February 13, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Radha Saini Source Type: research

Factors influencing employment and employability for persons with disability: Insights from a City in South India
Conclusions: Evidence from this study will help in planning need-based employment for persons with disabilities. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - December 13, 2017 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Srikrishna S Ramachandra G V S Murthy BR Shamanna Komal P Allagh Hira B Pant Neena John Source Type: research

Assessment of effectiveness of cool coat in reducing heat strain among workers in steel industry
In this study, a core body temperature rise in the range of 1 0 -1.4 0 C was noticed when the employees were not wearing cool coats. Whereas, with the usage of cool coat a rise in core body temperature was not found and in many coat wearing workers a drop in core body temperature (0.2 to 0.9 0 C) was noticed. Employees revealed that the cool coats was comfortable to use and provided the thermal comforts. The study concluded that the cool coat taken for this study was found effective in reducing the heat strain. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - December 13, 2017 Category: Occupational Health Authors: SB Parameswarappa J Narayana Source Type: research

Occupational stress and hypertension among railway loco pilots and section controllers
Devasigamoney JayakumarIndian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 21(1):23-28 Introduction: A cross-sectional study on occupational stress was conducted on loco pilots in 2008, in view of loco pilots being one of the high strain jobs in Indian Railways. Subsequently, a comparative cross-sectional study on occupational stress was conducted among section controllers in 2011, which is another high strain job of Indian Railways. Objective: The studies were conducted to analyze and compare occupational stress and hypertension. Setting and Design: A cross-sectional study on occupational stress and hypertensi...
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - December 13, 2017 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Devasigamoney Jayakumar Source Type: research