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Author:   Suchismita Satapathy ,  Arturo Realyvásquez Vargas ,  Meghana Mishra
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.207kg
ISBN:  

9789819976188

ISBN 10:   9819976189
Pages:   108
Publication Date:   23 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"Chapter 1 Work place hazards and mental stress Abstract: Stress may also lead to the negative consequences such as mental work load inability to concentrate and physical health issues. Musculoskeletal discomforts and disorders cause serious health related problems due to psychological stress that affect the mental well-being of farmers reducing their work efficiency. Sometimes the uncomfortable, unhygienic  workplace like diary farms make workers uncomfortable. The present study was based on in-depth review of literature and  analysis of works based on the mental workloads and stresses of framers .It indicated that the occupation farming leads to stress due to financial, weather, work overload, social interaction and farm hassles. Like farmers ,due to heavy work load of construction site workers, Physiological factor are impacted and its is prove that due to high stress level of workers  mental work load is also high. So analysis is required to find the internal factor of human body ie Impacting on work load as internal factor like kcal, temperature, blood pressure, oxygen level, pulse rate is impacted due to heavy work load. Thus, an attempt was made in this study to identify the key risk-factors in work-places like mining and construction site ,where the workers has to work in hot climate and in pollution and its impact on psychological stressors like  depressions, anxieties.  Chapter 2 Review on mental health and work place hazard Abstract: The mental-stress has an important aspect affecting the individuals performances when they try for a varying level of complex-tasks. The exposing of human-beings to higher-levels of mental-stresses seems to be intolerable, and may affect in successfully completion of the tasks. The stresses in workplaces have been most harmful physical as well as emotional effects. With regard to few occupation like teaching, administrative work or office work ,Sometimes the mental pressure is high and  people are depressed and unable to take that stress, it  is a dangerous situation with greater fatality-rates than any other occupation. So comparative analysis is essential to study type of work performed and work culture with respect to gender .Such that a conclusion can be drawn about work pressure and mental health. Chapter 3   Ranking and Prediction of  sustainability and safety in agrisector with analysing physical work load  and its Impact of mental work load . Abstract: Agrifarmers have to work hard with sharp and heavy tools  in hot and adverse climatic condition. The varying nature of job ,un healthy working conditon, heavy and repetitive work of farmers creates Musculateral disorder and health problem. Due to continuous stress ,they suffer with body pain. Farmer’s stress may lead to the negative consequences such as mental work load, inability to concentrate and physical health issues. Greater use of automation technology, more use of manures and fertilizer, more the utilization of mechanized innovations, in-organic product, Increase price for agricultural products and new complicated legislations has made the life of farmers more stressful one in agri-sectors. It is indicated that the occupation farming leads to stress due to financial, weather, work overload, farm hassles and other stressor (Ramesh and Madhavi, 2009).Farmers working long term in this unsafe and unhealthy atmosphere becomes unsocial, depressed .So in this section a study is conducted to find factors impacting sustainable and safety in agrisector. Then physical load is analysed with ergonomics and its impact with mental health is studied by relating the physical stressor with psychological stressor. Chapter 4 Risk  and mental health assessment for construction and mining  workers Abstract: Particularly  construction and Mining workers suffer with diseases like respiratory and skin diseases  due to unhealthy atmosphere. Risk factors related to work is also very high  due to work type. The activity and ergonomics can enhance the probability that some persons may develop a MSD (musculoskeletal disorder). Usually the MSD develops due to high task repetition, forceful exertion, and repetitive/sustained awkward postures. MSD is also found in some cases where workers are engaged with working in awkward postures, cold temperatures, contact stress, heavy load, static postures, and vibration, etc. Many studies explain the problems for MSD, but in this chapter an effort is taken to rank the maximum body movement and body parts as per the different types of work flow system such that ergonomics design can be planned. Physical disorders can be avoided by finding and ranking the difficult task and the affected body part due to that kind of work. The prioritization of task will help the organization to think of sustainable designs of working procedure or instruments or machines to provide maximum comfort to humankind. It may also help to frame policies for occupational  safety and hazards in workplace. Chapter 5 Designing a framework to reduce mental work load and improving mental health of workers engaged in animal farming Abstract: Some percentage of  farming community are dependent on livestock and animal farming. For the healthy animal farming proper care is essential for animals. Same way the farmers engaged in animal farming must use protective dresses and equipment to keep themselves safe from many diseases. Many of the  scientific and public health initiatives have discussed  on rising zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance as potential health threats. Air pollution, unhealthy atmosphere, unhygenic condition in animal farming creates skin and respiratory health effects on farmers. For taking care of animals ,the farmers has to work long hours  and perform repetitive work. Muscaletaral disorder and posture problem creates major health problem among animal farmers. Some times with lots of care also animals dies with some weather related chronic diseases, so the farmers have to bear a lot of financial crises. Health issues, unhygenic atmosphere, social pressure and financial problems are the main cause of mental stress among animal farmers. So with  improvement of work environment will benefit both farmer and animals health. Hence an effort is taken to design a framework which can improve the work environment for improving mental health of workers in animal farming. Chapter 6 Exploring mental pressure of workers engaged in white collar jobs Abstract: Occupational stress is one of the most important health hazards in  workplace. It includes Physical illness, abuse in work place ,work stress due to long working hour, complex work culture and family problems etc. These  are the main issues faced by maximum employees in white collar jobs . The white collar jobs are  official jobs with less physical load and more mental pressure. Awkward (continuous sitting posture), Long working hours, more mental stress to compete with co workers, goal (target)oriented job detached the person from social life. To reduce from stress ,the employees started drinking and smoking regularly, which will create health diseases and disturbs family life and  financial crises increases. Hence  the cause of mental pressure is studied and explored  in this chapter, such that the steps can be suggested to improve their mental health. Chapter 7 Finding the mental stress of  Agri farmers engaged with  heavy workload. Abstract: Psychological stress is considered an important aspect, it can affect people's performance when trying to complete challenging tasks at all levels. In fact, when people are exposed to a higher level of psychological stress that seems intolerable, successful completion of the task interferes with the successful completion of the task. Stress in the workplace is one of the most destructive physical and emotional responses, and it can come from all aspects of a situation. Increased work requirements and reduced ability to control situations can lead to work-related stress. The mortality rate of agricultural occupations is much higher than that of any other occupations. Farmers often work alone for hours with unreliable equipment under harsh conditions. Climatic conditions, hazardous chemicals and livestock. In addition, they have assumed high financial liabilities, which exposes them to greater financial risks. When these pressures that cannot be effectively managed occur, psychological and physical changes occur in the human body. An effective system for monitoring the level of induced mental stress based on the individual’s current mental state is essential for any intervention strategy. In this research to develop a fuzzy model of mental stress for farmers, input fuzziness is achieved by assigning language variables and each membership function level. The seven inputs represent risk factors for hunger and mental stress loss. They have been allocated accordingly. The member input functions of risk factors include: ""blood pressure; heart rate; oxygen content; calories burned; temperature; humidity; and body pressure."" Similarly, for the second case, the three input membership functions include: ""depression; working Anxiety and stress"" and risk factors that lead to psychological stress and depression, anxiety and work stress. In addition, the GA method is used in the second case related to farmers’ depression, anxiety and work stress to assess mental distress, such as objective Ability or function."

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Suchismita Satapathy is an associate professor in the School of Mechanical Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India. She has published more than 130 articles in national and international journals and conferences. She has also published many books and e-books for academic and research purposes. Her areas of interest include production operation management, operation research, acoustics, sustainability, and supply chain management. She has filled three Indian patents, among them two published. She has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. She has guided many Ph.D. (two completed, four ongoing), M.Tech. (20), and B.Tech. (49) students. She has published books such as production operation management (Stadium Press) and MCDM methods for waste management with CRC Press, Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management with Springer, Soft Computing and Optimization Techniques for Sustainable Agriculture by DEGRUYTER, and many of her projects are ongoing. Arturo Realyvásquez Vargas is a full-time professor from the Department of Industrial Engineering at Tecnológico Nacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana in Mexico. He received a master's degree in Industrial Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. Currently, he is studying a Ph.D. in Innovation in Product Engineering and Industrial Process at the University of La Rioja (Spain). In addition, his main research areas are related to the optimization of industrial processes, lean manufacturing, and ergonomics. He is an active member of the Society of Ergonomists of Mexico Civil Association (Sociedad de Ergonomistas de México, SEMAC) and the Network of Optimization of Industrial Processes (Red de Optimización de Procesos Industriales, ROPRIN). Currently, he is a national researcher recognized by the National Council of Science & Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) as level I. Meghana Mishra is a research scholar in the School of commerce in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India. She has published more than 4 articles in national and international journals and conferences. Her areas of interest include production operation management, economic study of agrisector, sustainability, business process reengineering, ergonomics, etc.

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