ABSTRACT
The present study investigated the influence of workplace physical activities on HR & blood pressure of casting and forging industry workers. The study included a group of 132 male workers with mean age (SD) of 29.78 (7.96) years casting and forging industry and a control group of 50 male subjects with mean age (SD); 31.98 (8.87) years. Both the groups were assessed for heart rate (HR) and blood pressure parameters; systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure. The industry subjects were found significantly lower HR (SD), systolic blood pressure (SBP) and mean blood pressure (MBP) parameters as compared to the control group subjects at p < 0.05. Workers who were engaged in transferring the hot work piece from furnace to forger are having significantly lower SBP as compare to the tool room workers and the control group subjects. At the same time the workers engaged in moulding and casting tasks were having lower SBP than the tool room workers. The study concluded that in Indian SMEs, the workers with work exposure of less than a decade, showed adaptive response to occupational noise (non annoyance to noise) and increased vascular control possibly due physical demand of work load as
physical work.
