Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Motor vehicles have become essential part of today's life. Vehicles manufacturing, repair and maintenance need has led to the emergence of a large sectors, so called automobile industries. These are formal large size enterprises where as there are small and medium size enterprise, which includes workshops and service stations. Automobile industries are labor-intensive sector, and its size of enterprise, number of workers and job characterization vary considerably. Employs of all ages are working routinely in the automobile sectors. From health and safety point of view, this is one of the tough sectors to tract and supervises. Hundreds and thousands of risks and hazards go unnoticed. Common occupational hazards such as physical, ergonomic, biological and chemical are found in motor vehicle manufacturing and repair workers activities, due to heavy machinery, petroleum fuels/oils, high use of solvents, smoke, particulate matter and various other pollutants. These hazards become more critical when there is a lack of awareness, controls measures and implementation of health and safety rules and regulations.¹ And these hazards also can cause adverse systemic health effects like respiratory ailments, acute injuries, eyes injuries, hearing loss, backache, and musculoskeletal disorders.²