durations above the safe limit. The workers also carry heavy loads on a regular basis causes health problems, apart from other improper work postures. Since it’s a cluster industry in this region and employing many, it’s necessary to analyse the sector and to identify the hazards and the level of risk implicit in performing the required tasks.
Saw mill is an unorganised sector here in this region, there is no specific worker assigned for labour work. The labours are assigned on the daily wages basis. Through the dialogue and questionnaires it was observed the nearly 80% of the workers suffered pains in thighs, legs and back and nearly 50% suffered the pains in arms and shoulders[Table 3]. Thus it appears that to date there is dearth of data in the Indian scenario about the different risk factors associated with saw mill. This study was an attempt in that direction.