Key parameters of occupational safety for sustainable manufacturing units: A review

Abstract

Occupational safety remains a challenge to each and every nation and also it plays a vital role. The same is ignored in India, which causes intolerable effects resulting in medium to fatal accidents at the workplace. The focus of review paper is to explore the impact of occupational safety with the aid of data taken from industries on national and international level. Different researchers have pointed out various parameters that could be the possible requirement in view of occupational safety for the workforce especially in manufacturing industries. The study is carried out in two phases. First phase caters the collection of data from various sectors such as private industries, industry department offices, official government sites, different government policies, internet and national data analysis. Second phase is to analyze and pinpoint the critical parameters which require immediate attention to slow down the accident rate in Indian industries. It is concluded from the studies summarized in this paper that there should be stringent procedures drafted and implemented as far as occupational safety of workforce is concerned. The studies revealed that the parameters needs attention and should be deliberated in more meaningful manner such as management involvement, worker safety, training, personal protective equipment, workplace layout, fire fighting arrangement, workplace environment, welfare and medical facilities. The rate of accidents in Indian industry can be lowered with proper training programs in the form of worker training camps, conferences, workshops that can be initiated time to time for the workforce which should be industry specific.