Industrial Diseases

An industrial disease is an unceasing ailment that happens at most of the workplaces due to several unpredictable reasons. The symptoms of industrial diseases are more common in workers than in common public. Improving organization’s infrastructure, addressing issues like work practices and workload on workers, matching their skill with the work and holding clear responsibilities and accountability by them, are such steps which are crucial to prevent Industrial Injuries & Illness occurring at the worksites. To improve the security of working place and to create better working atmosphere, it is imperative to involve right working pattern, ensuring a happy and secured workplace, strengthening communication and protecting ill-practicing work by workers.

The most common industrial diseases occurring in the workers are; Black lung disease which is usually seen in the workers of coal mining industry and Carpel Tunnel Syndrome - occurs while median nerve squeezed or pressed at the wrists. Its symptoms include tingling, itching, or burning numbness in the palms and in the fingers, particularly thumb, middle and index fingers. Radiation Sickness, another kind of industry disease that is normally occurs in the workers of nuclear industries. Byssinosis disease occurs in the lungs of the workers due to cotton dust they breathe in or dusts of other vegetable fibers like hemp, flax, or sisal at work place.

Another example of industrial diseases is COPD or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Its symptoms include a persistent phlegm or cough, problem in breathing, and development of chest infections. This disease can not be reversed in any case once it develops.  COPD causes damage in lungs, making them narrow, and harder for air to take in and out of the lungs. Other most common diseases are silicosis, asbestos, occupational lung diseases, and occupational asthma, which cause more and more respiration problem to workforce working in such industries where they are more exposed to hazardous smoke, chemicals and dust. The symptoms of silicosis include tightness of chest, shortness of breath, and persistent cough in the people.

These horrible figures of increasing industry diseases with industry injuries and illness are really a shocking approach to health abuse and safety at work place. Although the figures of this harrowing insight have improved to a bit but health concerning issues regarding work force in worksites are still a bigger issue for worry. And the problems may also include hearing problems, various skin problems and heart diseases or heart attack in the people working in such hazardous conditions.