REMEDIAL MEASURES OF

HEALTH AND SAFTY IN

TEXTILE INDUSTRY

SUBMITTED TO: Md. Abdul Hannan,

AP, TE, DUET

PREPARED BY: F. Islam Surjo

DUET
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 INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVE:
 To identify hazards in textile industry and provide with
appropriate remedial measures.

OUTCOME:
• To make working environment more safer and healthier.
Immediate action must be taken to control this hazard to save
workers health and promote safety.

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 DEFINE HEALTH AND SAFETY?

• Regulations and procedures intended to

prevent accident or injury in workplaces or
public environments.

REMEDIAL MEASURES:
Remedial Measures means taking steps
to alleviate something we don't desire to
experience.

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 AGENDA:
• The study of Occupational Health and Safety in Textile
industry examines to promote Health and safety to the
workers in Bangladesh. The Hazards and risk involved in the
textile industry is high compared with other industries and
least importance is given to textile industries. Most of accident
does not come to the legal formalities. The People are not
aware of Health & safety is due to the workers are
uneducated and management not given importance due to
promote OHS in Textile industry becomes a barriers in
implementing OHS. The major hazards happen are physical,
chemical, ergonomically & physiologically hazards along with
these some of things which can create hazards are more
working hours, improper ventilation. The RPN (Risk priority
number) has been find out for all the hazards in the textile
industry.

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 The Major Health And Safety Issues
In The Textile Industry
EXPOSURE EXPOSURE
TO TO
COTTON CHEMICAL
DUST S
EXPOSUR ERGONOMI
E TO C ISSUES
NOISE
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 METHODOLOGY
GINNING INDUSTRY:
• The cotton in a machine which is used to separate the
cotton fiber from the seeds and the cotton send to
the textile for making yarn. The one of main Hazard
in ginning industry is fire, the causes of fire happens
in the Ginning Industry are Electrical, Manmade
Behavior, spark from the Machine and stored Raw
cotton in sunlight and other causes

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 METHODOLOGY
• SPINNING INDUSTRY:
The textiles are fabricated into clothes. Noise is the
main hazard in textile industry. The noise pollution
(Regulation and control) rule 2000 in industrial area
was 75db at Day Time [6 AM to 10 AM] and Night
time [10 PM to 6 AM].The fire accidents occur in
textile mills are often. The Hazards in the spinning
mills are more compare to other sectors of textile
industry because the Raw material cotton exposed to
the fire easily.
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 TYPES OF
HAZARDSPHYSICA
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ELECTRICA
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ERGONOMICALL
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PHYSIOLOGICA
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 PHYSICAL HAZARD
It includes noise,fire,temperature etc

HAZARD REMEDIAL MEASURE

• NOISE • Isolation of the machine
(noise induced hearing and silencer must be
loss kept
Tinnitus) • Inverted drive control
noise in ring frame
• Proper maintenance
lubricating control
noise

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 PHYSICAL HAZARD
HAZARD
• DUST
(causes respiratory problems
and causes Byssinosis, a
disease caused by cotton
dust)
REMEDIAL MEASURE
• Dust collector
• Proper house keeping
• Necessary PPE
should wear by
worker

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 PHYSICAL HAZARD
HAZARD REMEDIAL MEASURE
• LIGHT (eye strain • Proper lightening
and glaring) condition

• Keep your backbone

• LIFTING HEAVY
straight while lifting
WEIGHT load
(muscular skeletal • Pull the load as close
disorders) to the body
• Lift and carry loads
with straight arms
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 PHYSICAL HAZARD
HAZARD REMEDIAL MEASURES
FIRE HAZARDS • Restrict unauthorised
Loss of life, damages to person to do welding
the
equipment
•WELDING OPERATION
(Spark ignition is very
dangerous) • ACB ( Air circuit
• ELECTRICAL SHORT breaker), MCB (motor
CIRCUIT HAPPENS circuit breaker)
(if no trips occur it
gets sparks and get
fire
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 PHYSICAL HAZARDS
HAZARD REMEDIAL MEASURE
•SMOKING • Safety signs and
(easily gets workers must aware of
fire) not using any ignition
product

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 ELECTRICAL HAZARDS
It includes short circuit etc
HAZARD REMEDIAL MEASURES
•Improper earthing • Avoid improper
(trip occurs) earthing and loose
connections
•Improper isolation • All circuits to be enclosed
(electric shock) in a proper circuit

•Moisture • Moisture to kept in

control
(proper wiring)

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 ELECTRICAL HAZARDS
HAZARD REMEDIAL MEASURES
• Motor high speed • Circuit breaker must
rotating due to high be individual
voltage
(causes problem to the • Use of wires as per
machine) electrical
• Usage of old wire standards
(not proper current
flow) • Input wire must be
• Input power cable more power than
exceeds more output output
(cable melting and heated)
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 ELECTRICAL HAZARDS
HAZARD REMEDIAL
• Looping in the MEASURES
running line • Avoid looping
(electronics PCB)
• Needs preventive
• Electrical maintenance maintenance
(ECB board check the
connection grease
the motor
frequently)

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 ERGONOMICAL HAZARDS
It includes Continuous work and improper
workstations
HAZARD REMEDIAL MEASURES
• Uncomfortable • Importance to ergonomics
work station and
height
(pain in hands and
legs)
• Repetitive strain injuries • Proper working procedure
(wrist, neck, shoulder, neck,
knee, angle)

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 PHYSIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
It includes personal problems, financial problems

HAZARDS REMEDIAL
•Not interested to work MEASURES
(physiological problem) • Give counselling

•Production target • Set achievable target

(stress to the
worker)

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 FEA For Fire Hazard In Textile Industry
FEA stands for Fire and Explosion Assessment (hazard prevention)

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 Air Pollution Created by Textile
Machineries
• All textile-manufacturing processes
generate environmental pollution. Workers
are exposed to the risk of breathing air
polluted with dust and fly and contracting
respiratory ailments, byssinosis (lung
disease), chronic bronchitis etc.
• Cotton diseases called as Bygones is the
most common problem found in
ginning industry.

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 FEA For Cotton Industry

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 REMEDIAL MEASURES
• To minimize the effect of these floating fibers or
impurities, the humidified air which is circulated
in the spinning and weaving department is filtered
so as to separate these floating impurities from
the air.
• The workroom should not be more than
0.2mg\m3 and controlled by some specific task.
• The cotton dust should be dumped with proper
care and avoid storing in open container.
• Excessive drying should be avoided, if it dry the
cotton dust will fly fast.
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 NOISE LEVEL
• Because of high spindle speeds reached on new
machines (ring spindles up to 20000 rpm, rotor
up to 110000 rpm) spinning mills can generally
be assumed to generate a great deal of noise.
Noise levels of 70 to 100 dB are commonly
recorded in workrooms.
• However, permissible limit set up at 90 dB by
Federal Standards of USA for maximum
exposure duration of 8 hours per day.

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 REMEDIAL MEASURES
• Noise level can be lowered by the use of
noise control enclosures, absorbers,
silencers and baffles and by the use of
personal protective equipment (PPE), such
as earmuffs.
• Where technical methods are insufficient,
noise exposure may be reduced by the use of
hearing protection
• By administrative controls such as limiting
the time spent in noisy environment .
• Scheduling noisy operation outside
normal shifts or at distant location.
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 SUMMARY
• The above presentation has demonstrated the hazards and risk
involved and their remedial measures in the five main sector
of textile industries Ginning Industry Spinning Industry
Weaving Industry Dyeing Industry and Garment Industry but
the spinning and ginning industries are highlighted more due
to their immense impact on workers regarding health and
safety.
• The hazards involved in textile industries are mainly noise,
dust,
fire and electrical hazards are found by calculated RPN
number,
• The RPN number is calculated by the multiplication of severity,
probability and detect ability. RPN = Severity x probability x
Delectability, comparing to other hazards the maximum RPN is
found to be harmful to the workers.
• Immediate action must be taken to control this hazard to save
workers health and promote safety.
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 SUGGESTION
• Upgrade the existing technology or apply PAK-EPA act. It
is an act to provide for the protection, conservation,
rehabilitation and improvement of environment, for the
prevention and control of pollution, and promotion of
sustainable development.
• In order to reduce dust emission from machinery it is
proposed to cover up the moving parts of machines, the
proper maintenance and correct alignment of the gin
machinery.
• Also OSHA standards can be used in textile industry of
Pakistan in order to improve the health and safety
aspects of the labor.

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