OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH IN FOUNDRIES AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES

The goal of all occupational safety and health programs is to foster a safe work environment. As a secondary effect, it may also protect co-workers, family members,employers, customers, suppliers, nearby communities, and other members of the public who are impacted by the workplace environment.. The prime health and safety concern in the processing of textiles is the exposure to toxic chemicals and physical hazards, such as accidents with machinery. Not only can the exposure to toxic chemicals cause immediate and long term health and safety problems at the production site, negative publicity on health aspects or issues of labour conditions during production proved to have a high impact on sales.In the Foundry and Engineering industries, the accidents tended to be moresevere when compared to other industries. There is also little reporting of occupational illnesses in smelters and foundries. The most common occupational illnesses were:acoustic trauma, industrial bronchitis, chemical and physical conjunctivitis and miscellaneous including poisonings.Main the objective of  “Occupational Safety & Health in Textiles, Foundry and Engineering Industries” is designed to cover the various aspects of occupational safety and health issues in the Textile, Foundry and Engineering Industries.and Labor Institutes(DGFASLI), is a technical arm of the Government of India under Ministry of Laborand advices it on matters relating to safety, health and welfare of workers in factories and docks. The Directorate General carries out its functions through the CentralLabor Institutes in Mumbai and the four Regional Labor Institutes located at Kanpur,Kolkata and Chennai and Inspectorate Dock Safety Offices at Mumbai, Kolkata,Chennai, Cochin, Faridabad, Visakhapatnam, Mormugao, Kandla, Paradip,New Mangalore and Tuticorin.Besides the activities described above, the DGFASLI also registers advice to the State Government on all technical matters relating to the construction, design and layout of factories including improvement of working conditions such as industrial safety, lighting, ventilation, prevention of health hazards etc. and conduct structured training programs on these projects on these aspects. The organization alsooperates National Safety Awards and Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar Schemes onbehalf of the ministry.