• REKHA S
• ANANDHY A

Health is wealth; if health is lost, everything is lost. It is a common phenomenon that the workers in industries suffer from various health-related problems. Salt workers are of no exception. In Kanyakumari district, salt workers suffer from different health-related problems. The expenditure for the treatment of these problems affects the saving potentiality of the salt workers. The study primarily depends on primary data collected from the sample respondents with the aid of structured interview schedule. The collected data were analysed by employing different statistical tools. The study concludes that the three problems such as cataract, underweight and dermatitis were the most important problems suffered by more than 80 per cent of the salt workers. The expenditure on ophthalmic symptom plays an important role to affect the saving potentiality of the salt workers. The safety and welfare measures provided for the workers were inadequate. The study suggests that, if the workers are provided with higher wage and protected from the health problems, the income and efficiency of the workers would increase and the salt production could be boosted up in Kanyakumari district.

Occupational health-related problems, Safety and welfare measures

"HEALTH IMPACT ON SALT WORKERS IN KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.529-536, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901871.pdf

"HEALTH IMPACT ON SALT WORKERS IN KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp529-536, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901871.pdf