Assessment of Occupational Stress among Textile Industrial Workers in Kanpur Nagar, U.P.

The present study was conducted in Lal Imali Textile Mill of Kanpur Nagar to assess the occupational stress in industrial workers. A sample of 90 workers with >35 years age group were randomly selected from various departments. Data were collected through interview cum experimental method. It was observed that the highest noise level (117.8db) was recorded in weaving department and minimum (60db) in administration department. Maximum (66.6%) respondents “always” faced problem of excess noisy environment and ‘agree’ with the physical stress because of ‘low wages’ and ‘no appreciation of work’ (Rank I) main reasons ofstress among industrial workers. It is concluded that ‘completion of work in time’ (Rank III) was a cause of stress. ‘Risk of accidents’ (Rank IV) and “too much workload” (Rank V) and ‘challenging work’ (Rank VI) were also found one of the reasons for physical stress.