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Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Issues for Craftsmen in Metal Handicrafts

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The aim of this paper is to evaluate occupational health and safety (OHS) issues faced by traditional craftsmen in bell and brass metal handicraft process in Balakati metal craft cluster of Odisha. The process of handicraft metal work, though handled in a small scale, uses hazardous industrial processes of high-temperature melting, foundry work, beating, grinding, and machining; similar to hazard prone industrial processes. Craftsmen are exposed to serious OHS and ergonomics-based hazards. Modern industrial process mapping methodology including walk-through survey was conducted for the same. Different metals may be correlated with OHS hazards (toxicity, heat stress, and fumes), route of entry (inhalation, skin contact, and ingestion) and phase of hazard. This paper fills the gap in identifying the OHS hazards and also provides recommendations for design of control strategies such as personal protective equipment and process change in line with learnings from existing industrial practice.

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Pati, S. (2019). Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Issues for Craftsmen in Metal Handicrafts. In: Chakrabarti, A. (eds) Research into Design for a Connected World. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 135. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5977-4_37

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