ASSESSMENT OF PREVALENCE OF HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG AUTOMOBILE WORKERS

BACKGROUND: The global automotive repair and maintenance service industries are expected to be worth almost $306 billion by 2015. The automotive service sectors currently are having employees an estimated 787,77702 and increasing at rate of 12% per annum. AIMS & OBJECTIVES: (1) To assess the prevalence morbidities among automobile workers (2) To increase the awareness about safety (PPE) at work place (3) To motivate about social security schemes coverage. MATERIAL & METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out in the territory area of IMSR Medical Collage of Satara districts. The total no of 117 participants were included for the study. A pretested, predesigned Proforma was used to collect the Information's under supervision & analyzed & interpreted with help of percentages & chi square test. RESULT: About 32.76% were only having less than 10 years of service. 68.41% of subjects have dropped their study before high school. Only 25.74% have their own garage, along with 29.25% of subjects were having specialized training. PPE was available with 29.25% of subjects. Stress, Muscle/bony pain & dyspepsia along with bowl disorders were significant morbidities observed. CONCLUSION: Prevalence of morbidities is significant in this study & need more medical attention towards automobile workers.