Some occupational health hazards among fishermen in Alexandria city

Abstract

Where the fisherman\'s nature of work consumes much of his time and energy, and this is incompatible with normal family life. The work environment is uncomfortable in most cases, especially with the length of work periods at sea on the surface of the compound as well as isolation for long periods of time away from the external environment. Also, many of them suffer from instability therefore since 1713 fishing has been noted as an occupation with a high risk of occupational hazards. There are many problems that can be taken into account when studying occupational health problems for fishermen. Main problems that have been observed: accidents and injuries, musculoskeletal problems, stress, hearing problems caused by noise and skin burns, so the provision of occupational health services for this category is an urgent need which should be available. Cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 124 fishermen who work in Alexandria city, and a control group of other comparable consisting of 130 salesmen working in the same city. Previously prepared questionnaire was conducted on all participants in the search for data collection and the work of an environmental assessment to measure the noise level in the work environment. This study showed a statistically significant difference between the fishermen and control group in different health problems (P