Occupational health hazards of tea plantation workers of anamallais (Valparai), Coimbatore district, Tamilnadu

An occupational health hazard refers to the potential risks to health and safety of workers in their workplaces. Tea plantation workers are facing a number of hazards in their workplaces due to physical, biological, mechanical, chemical and psychosocial factors. The present paper tries to examine the occupational health hazards faced by the tea plantation workers of Anamallais (Valparai), Coimbatore District, Tamilnadu. Factors such as educational level of the workers, Income, availability of medical facilities in the tea plantation, hygiene and sanitation, general awareness and perception about different occupational health hazards have been taken into account while arriving at the finding of the study. The study concludes that the tea garden workers are educationally lagging behind, health facility is not adequate and safety measures are lacking. This made the workers suffer from a number of health problems. The study has concluded mainly with the help of primary data collected with the help of a questionnaire. The questionnaire was collected from 100 workers, 60 female and 40 male workers surveyed by random sampling method. Secondary information has been collected from books, journals and magazines.