Occupational Health Hazards among Solid Waste Collectors and Prevention

Authors

  • Sarawut Sangkham Department of Environmental Health, School of Medicine, University of Phayao, Phayao, Thailand 56000
  • Chumlong Arunlertaree Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand 73170

Keywords:

occupational health hazards; solid waste collectors; health symptoms; prevention

Abstract

Solid waste collectors (SWCs) is an occupation that has risk of being exposed to health threats from various factors including health risk factors such as physical, chemical, biological, biomechanics injury and psychosocial hazards from working environment. Since, SWCs contribute to the handling, lifting, pouring waste containers and separate in the rear of the trucks through their daily collection work, as well as vehicle trucks maintenance. In addition, if solid waste collectors lack of knowledge, awareness, carelessness, the over working periods per weeks and non-personal protective equipment. As a result, it may be also cause injury  and health symptoms. Hence, this review article focuses on explain about the occupational health hazard in environment workplace and preventions of themselves can be benefit for local administration governance’s participatory training approaches to prevent and reduce health risks and safety in their work.

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Published

2019-11-18

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Sangkham S, Arunlertaree C. Occupational Health Hazards among Solid Waste Collectors and Prevention. SRIMEDJ [Internet]. 2019 Nov. 18 [cited 2024 Apr. 20];34(6):649-57. Available from: https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/SRIMEDJ/article/view/225676

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