Occupational Health and Safety Issues in the Marble Industry and their Potential Measures

The level of occupational health and safety management depends upon the scope of the industry as it varies according to the functions and scale. Designing the occupational health and safety management system for the small scale industries is more challenging due to their limited resources and other constraints. The basic groundwork for the proper implementation of occupational health and safety management system in any of the industry is based on hazard identification process in relation to the overall system. The process not only help to understand the severity of these hazards but also proper control measures can be suggested accordingly. In Pakistan, occupational health and safety issues of workers is among one of the main areas that are facing the negligence of government. This domain needs special focus particularly in small scale industries which are often unregistered and not part of social security system developed by government. This potential and observational study targeted the workers employed in the marble industries who havebeen exposed to different types of occupational hazards at the workplace. The study encompasses the identification of occupational health and safety hazards and implies potential measures to reduce the related risks. Based on the observation it is revealed that workers in the marble industries are not equipped with the personal protective equipments and are prone to various occupational health and safety hazards which needs to be mitigated. Keywords—Marble indusry, Occupational Health and Safety, Strategic Mitigation Measures. ————————————————————