An Evaluation of the Occupational Risks among Workers in Woolen Textile Company at Al_Nasiriya Government _Iraq

Abstract

The textile factories most dangerous among industry sectors for the occurrence and diversity of occupational hazards which, where the workers exposed directly to cotton dust which causes many respiratory problems. The distribution of workers for both gender in to five groups. The highest percentage of age group between(41-50 years) was found in the study where it was (45.2%), while the lowest percentage for the age group less than or equal to 20 years (0.8%). The study showed the highest percentage of workers who live in the city and it was (69.6%), while the percentage of workers who live in the rural was (30.4%) The study showed that the workers suffer from emotional pressures at work due to the bullying of their managers and not taking sufficient freedom to express opinion and open working hours during the day . The main results of the current study indicate that the most common occupational hazards among workers in the textile factory in Nasiriya were physical risks, which included high temperatures, high humidity and noise, as well as mechanical hazards for standing for long periods and bending during work and also being exposed to dust hazards as a result of their constant handling of wool and cotton.