Table 1 Personal and occupational characteristics of workers
From: Occupational injury proneness in Indian women: A survey in fish processing industries
Variables | Percentage (N = 185) |
|---|---|
Age group | |
>25 | 28.6 |
Job duration | |
>5 | 21.1 |
Educational status | |
Educated (not illiterate) | 95.1 |
Marital status | |
Married | 41.1 |
Nature of Job | |
Grading | 58.4 |
Peeling & Ring cutting | 14.6 |
Packing | 18.4 |
Mixed activity | 8.6 |
Work related morbidity | |
Frequent hand injury | 49.7 |
Blanching of hand | 71.9 |
Headache | 43.8 |
Respiratory irritation (sneezing/coughing) | 14.6 |
Body ache | 4.9 |
Recurrent musculoskeletal pain | 61.1 |
Recurrent upper limb pain | 22.2 |