• Mr.BHOLESH CHOUBISA
• Mr. Kamlesh joshi

The construction industry has a poor safety record. It has a high accident rate. Building construction is a high–risk industry. The accident rate is very high when compared to other industries. Population engaged is construction activity comprises1.5% of total world population. Most construction workers are not well educated. Their friends and relatives recruit them to work on sites. Sub contractors employed worker’s physical ability and skill to carryout works; they have not provided safety training to the workers in the construction sites. This means that workers lack safety awareness and conscious on the job–related safety and health issues. The frequent change of site environment and poor equipment supplied making them difficulty for compliance of safety standards. “A descriptive study to assess the knowledge regarding occupational hazards and utilization of safety measures among construction labourers at selected construction sites of Udaipur.(Raj.)”Objectives: To determine the level of knowledge of construction labourers on occupational hazards.To identify the utilization of safety measures by the construction labourers. To find the relationship between knowledge score on occupational hazards and utilization of safety measures. To find out the association between knowledge score of construction labourers on occupational hazards with selected socio demographic variables. The research approach adopted for this Study was descriptive survey research approach. A descriptive co-relational research design was used for this study. Formal written permission was obtained from the authorities to conduct the study and informal consent was obtained from the labourers prior to the data collection process. The investigator selected 100 samples by convenient sampling technique. A structured interview schedule and rating scale was used for data collection. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The finding of the study revealed that Majority of the workers had average knowledge on various areas of occupational hazards such as Physical hazards (59.54%), Chemical hazards (59.64 %), Biological hazards (57.85%), Mechanical hazards (54.44%), Psychosocial hazards (66.18%).Majority of workers (51%) were using moderately adequate `safety measures, low utilization of safety measures by 44% workers, and high utilization of safety measures by 5% of workers. There was significant relationship between knowledge score on occupational hazards and utilization of safety measures [r=0.205p=0.040]. There was a significant association between the knowledge score and religion [x2 =4.83 at 1df P<0.05 level of significance]. Hence it is inferred that there is a significant association between religion and knowledge score of respondents. However, the x2 value of other variables like age, gender, education, monthly income, total work experience, and nature of work, occupational hazards, source of information were found to be non significant at 0.05 level of significance.

Knowledge, occupational hazards, utilization of safety measures, construction labourers

"A Descriptive Study To Assess The Knowledge Regarding Occupational Hazards And Utilization Of Safety Measures Among Construction Labourers At Selected Construction Sites Of Udaipur (Raj.)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no.f837-f841, June-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406595.pdf

"A Descriptive Study To Assess The Knowledge Regarding Occupational Hazards And Utilization Of Safety Measures Among Construction Labourers At Selected Construction Sites Of Udaipur (Raj.)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no. ppf837-f841, June-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406595.pdf