ABSTRACT
With the industrial revolution, population explosion, technological innovations, and human need for merchandise and commodities, the world economic order has become largely dependent on the industrial sector. The WHO (1995) published that ~45% of the world’s population and 58% of population >10 years of age constitute the global workforce. Of these, ~50% of workers work in physically hazardous conditions requiring unreasonably heavy work, exposing them to conditions hazardous to their health and working capacities. Many individuals spend one-third of their adult life in such hazardous work environments.
