Occupational safety measures and morbidity among welders in Vellore, Southern India.
CONCLUSION: Welders in this sample experienced a significant skin, eye, and ear morbidity accentuated by the non-usage of PPE. All worked without formal training and were unaware of the safe working guidelines that exist, but are not implemented for the welders in India.
PMID: 27682579 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health - Category: Environmental Health Tags: Int J Occup Environ Health Source Type: research
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