Abstract
Objectives:The objectives of this study were to assess the incidence and profile of occupational injuries among rural workers of rural India.Methods:This study was conducted among all persons between the ages of 18 to 60 years and engaged in some occupation and residing in the villages under the three rural subcentres of Sarjapur Primary Health Centre during the time period of 2009-2012. The sample size was calculated to be 400 assuming a prevalence of 10% and absolute precision of 3% at 95% confidence limits and a systematic random sampling of the household was done to select the study population.Results:The incidence of occupational injuries in the study period of 2009-2012 was 22%. Out of the total 91 injuries, the proportion of injuries, which were agriculture-related, was 62%. The most common cause of injury was due to contact with plant thorns. Above half (54%) involved the upper limbs, and (30%) involved the lower limbs. By using the injury severity scale, 88% were of minor degree. 67% required treatment and 32% of the injured persons took treatment in a private hospital. Those who sustained an injury, 9% required admission to a hospital. Three participants have sustained a permanent disability during this study.Conclusion:The Incidence of occupational injuries was found to be 22% and agriculture showed to have the highest proportion of injuries.
Highlights
There are many occupations in the world
A large majority of the study population were in the age group of 31-45 years (177, 43.3%)
A large majority of the population fell into the illiterate category (159, 38.9%) and 194 (47.4%) of the study population belonged to high socio-economic status according to the standard of living index
Summary
There are many occupations in the world. An individual spends a third of his adult life working and each occupation carries its own characteristic hazards.[1] The Census of India document 20012 defines work as participation in any economically productive activity with or without compensation, wages or profit. According to ILO estimates for the year 2018, 62.6% of the working population in low income countries are employed in Agriculture and 43.9% of Indians are employed in Agriculture.[3]. The active work-force comprises approximately 630 million employed work population in the South East Asian Region. Agriculture is the major sector providing employment to 65% of active workforce in the region and in India 58% of the population is involved in agriculture.[4] Even though there is
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