Original scientific paper
The effects of a programme of health preventive measures in a textile plant
G. Belojević
; Institut za higijenu i medicinsku ekologiju, Medicinski fakultet, Beograd, Srbija
R. Kocijančić
; Institut za higijenu i medicinsku ekologiju, Medicinski fakultet, Beograd, Srbija
T. Stanković
; Dispanzer za medicinu rada, Dom zdravlja "Milutin Ivković", Beograd, Srbija
Abstract
A two-month field experiment was carried out on a sample of 95 women spinners and weavers in a textile plant. In the experimental group, which consisted of 54 workers, a programme of four preventive health measures was applied. The workers were asked to wear a combination of ear-muffs and cotton-wool offering optimal hearing protection and to take up individual mini programmes of physical exercise at work; they were offered a meal of the Pliva dietetic preparation Vitamalt before work and Donat-Mg natural mineral water from Zdravilisce Rogaška Slatina as a magnesium supplement. The measures from the programme were accepted and respected by 85-94% of the workers. As a result, fatigue at work was significantly reduced, and the subjectively estimated work satisfaction was markedly improved. A statistically insignificant trend towards the rise of productivity was also noticed during the period of programme application.
Keywords
noise; occupational hygiene; nutrition; work capacity; working conditions; female workers; textile industry; physical exercise; fatigue
Hrčak ID:
151047
URI
Publication date:
5.6.1991.
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