REMEDIAL MEASURES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY

Immediate action must be taken to control this hazard to save workers health and promote safety... • The study of Occupational Health and Safety in Textile industry examines to promote

REMEDIAL MEASURES OF HEALTH AND SAFTY IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY

PREPARED BY: AELYA SHAH

University of Karachi

SUBMITTED TO: MADAM SHUGUFTA

OBJECTIVE:

To identify hazards in textile industry and provide with

appropriate remedial measures

OUTCOME:

• To make working environment more safer and healthier

Immediate action must be taken to control this hazard to save workers health and promote safety.

DEFINE HEALTH AND SAFETY?

• Regulations and procedures intended to

prevent accident or injury in workplaces or

public environments.

REMEDIAL MEASURES:

Remedial Measures means taking steps

to alleviate something we don't desire to

experience.

• The study of Occupational Health and Safety in Textile industry

examines to promote Health and safety to the workers in Pakistan The Hazards and risk involved in the textile industry is high

compared with other industries and least importance is given to

textile industries Most of accident does not come to the legal

formalities The People are not aware of Health & safety is due to the workers are uneducated and management not given

importance due to promote OHS in Textile industry becomes a

barriers in implementing OHS The major hazards happen are

physical, chemical, ergonomically & physiologically hazards along with these some of things which can create hazards are more

working hours, improper ventilation The RPN (Risk priority number) has been find out for all the hazards in the textile industry and FEA

is done for the hazard with highest RPN no.

The Major Health And Safety Issues

In The Textile Industry

TO NOISE ERGONOMIC ISSUES

GINNING INDUSTRY:

• The cotton in a machine which is used to separate the cotton fiber from the seeds and the cotton send to the textile for making yarn The one of main Hazard in ginning industry is fire, the causes of fire happens in the Ginning Industry are Electrical, Manmade

Behavior, spark from the Machine and stored Raw cotton in sunlight and other causes

• SPINNING INDUSTRY:

The textiles are fabricated into clothes Noise is the main hazard in textile industry The noise pollution (Regulation and control) rule 2000 in industrial area was 75db at Day Time [6 AM to 10 AM] and Night time [10 PM to 6 AM].The fire accidents occur in textile mills are often The Hazards in the spinning mills are more compare to other sectors of textile

industry because the Raw material cotton exposed to the fire easily

PHYSICAL HAZARD

HAZARD

• DUST

(causes respiratory problems

and causes Byssinosis, a

disease caused by cotton

dust)

REMEDIAL MEASURE

• Dust collector

• Proper house keeping

• Necessary PPE should wear by worker

PHYSICAL HAZARD

HAZARD

• LIGHT (eye strain and

glaring)

• LIFTING HEAVY WEIGHT

(muscular skeletal disorders)

REMEDIAL MEASURE

• Proper lightening condition

• Keep your backbone straight while lifting load

• Pull the load as close to the body

• Lift and carry loads with straight arms

PHYSICAL HAZARD

HAZARD

FIRE HAZARDS Loss of life, damages to the

(if no trips occur it gets sparks

and get fire

REMEDIAL MEASURES

• Restrict unauthorised person to do welding

• ACB ( Air circuit breaker), MCB (motor circuit

breaker)

ELECTRICAL HAZARDS

HAZARD

• Motor high speed rotating

due to high voltage

(causes problem to the

machine)

• Usage of old wire

(not proper current flow)

• Input power cable exceeds

(ECB board check the

connection grease the

motor frequently)

REMEDIAL MEASURES

• Avoid looping

• Needs preventive maintenance

station and height

(pain in hands and legs)

• Repetitive strain injuries

(wrist, neck, shoulder, neck,

FEA For Fire Hazard In Textile Industry

FEA stands for Fire and Explosion Assessment (hazard prevention)

Air Pollution Created by Textile

• Cotton diseases called as Bygones is the

most common problem found in ginning

industry

FEA For Cotton Industry

REMEDIAL MEASURES

• To minimize the effect of these floating fibers or

impurities, the humidified air which is circulated in the spinning and weaving department is filtered so as to

separate these floating impurities from the air.

• The workroom should not be more than 0.2mg\m3 and controlled by some specific task.

• The cotton dust should be dumped with proper care

and avoid storing in open container.

• Excessive drying should be avoided, if it dry the cotton dust will fly fast.

NOISE LEVEL

• Because of high spindle speeds reached on new

machines (ring spindles up to 20000 rpm, rotor up

to 110000 rpm) spinning mills can generally be

assumed to generate a great deal of noise Noise

levels of 70 to 100 dB are commonly recorded in workrooms.

• However, permissible limit set up at 90 dB by

Federal Standards of USA for maximum exposure duration of 8 hours per day.

REMEDIAL MEASURES

• Noise level can be lowered by the use of noise control enclosures, absorbers, silencers and baffles and by the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), such as earmuffs

• Where technical methods are insufficient, noise

exposure may be reduced by the use of hearing

• The above presentation has demonstrated the hazards and risk involved and their remedial measures in the five main sector of textile industries Ginning Industry Spinning Industry Weaving Industry Dyeing Industry and Garment Industry but the spinning and ginning industries are

highlighted more due to their immense impact on workers regarding

health and safety

• The hazards involved in textile industries are mainly noise, dust, fire and electrical hazards are found by calculated RPN number,

• The RPN number is calculated by the multiplication of severity,

probability and detect ability RPN = Severity x probability x

Delectability, comparing to other hazards the maximum RPN is found to

be harmful to the workers

• Immediate action must be taken to control this hazard to save workers health and promote safety.

• Upgrade the existing technology or apply PAK-EPA act It is an act to provide for the protection, conservation, rehabilitation and improvement of environment, for the prevention and

control of pollution, and promotion of sustainable

development

• In order to reduce dust emission from machinery it is

proposed to cover up the moving parts of machines, the

proper maintenance and correct alignment of the gin

machinery

• Also OSHA standards can be used in textile industry of

Pakistan in order to improve the health and safety aspects of the labor

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