Occupational Health Hazards: Suggested Flow

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Occupational Hazards

Faced by WomenKey area: Professional artists

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PROBLEM STATEMENTWomen artists being vulnerable to the materials during menstruation and pregnancy and

prolonged working hours. Multiple overlapping roles adds on to the suffering. These

hazards can be prevented by using preventive measures and awareness. Addressing the

symptoms which are prevailing and classifying them in medical disorders. Thus, creating an

understanding of the hazards.


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TARGET GROUP

Age: More than 25 [Who have had children while in their profession]

Gender: Female

Social Class: Urban; Middle and Upper Class

Employment Class: Self employed, Employed as artist or craftsmen [Top or average middle level]

Income: More than 10 lacs per annum

DEMOGRAPHICS

Women; Professional Artists/Painters/Craftsmen dealing with Metals, Wood, Oils, Acrylic, Textile

Dyes, inks etc on a regular basis who are in turn vulnerable to

Vapours from art materials such as turpentine, toluene, or other solvents in paint removers,

lacquer thinners, silkscreen inks, etc., which evaporate from open containers

Mists accumulated in the air from spraying paints or fixatives, airbrushing, using spray guns, etc.

Gases from etching metals, working with photographic baths, welding, or firing kilns

Metallic fumes from welding, soldering, or foundry casting

Dusts from pottery making, mixing dry pigments or dyes, grinding, and woodworking

Lead content in Oil paints


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LITERACY LEVELS

Internet

Shops where they procure material

Art books/Reference books/ How to do booksDirections printed on the labels of the materials (Sometimes or sometimes not)

Individual level

Doctors when they go for their pregnancy consultation etc

Awareness level: Basic

Language: English primarily; Also available in widely spoken languages like French, Spanish for

specific countries

COMMUNICATION MATERIAL

Generally High; Some have done PhDs and Masters too


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SUGGESTIVE FLOW


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1. INTRODUCTION: PASSIONMood board

Artists are the people with passion, ignition and madness towards their work. With this

craziness needing long hours to work, these people are super art driven and do not have

any logical reasoning of not stopping!


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When I am into my work, nothing can pull me out of it not even me!

-Shilpa Joglekar, Landscape artist

I think more than work, commitments are more hazardous because when you have to deliver, come what may,

you gotta do it! (sighs and smiles)

I think its okay to work during menstruation. After all its a part of you.

No! I dont feel any fatigue. (rolls her eyes)Although there is pain in my back, legs and knees but work

needs to go on. You know what (smiles) I guess this is because I really love what I do

-Maala Treon, Textile Designer

Maala Treon is a textile designer who has a full time workshop dealing with printing, dying and Calendaring

which requires her to stand for more than 8-10 hours at a stretch and exposing her to toxic substances and

chemicals.

She suffers from Nasal passage inflammation, prolonged cold, Roughness of hands and Abrupt blood

circulation in legs.

She is aware of what Chemicals she deals with and they are not at all eco-friendly.

What do they have to say?


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2. GENERAL HAZARDSMood board

Abrupt Blood Circulation to certain body parts paticularly legs and feet, backache, sight

problems, stress, chronic depression, skin problems burns, rashes, skin peels, sneezing,

running nose, irritation in nasal passage, mild asthma.

These general hazards are just the symptoms of what lies ahead.


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I remember when I didnt use the gloves and burnt my hand with benzene. The skin of the back my hand had

peeled off completely and my nails had become lifeless. (sighs) I hated it!!

-Nailini Malani, Artisit (Oils and Acrylic)

I have been suffering from prolonged cold and running nose since last 15 years or even more. It stays there off

and on. Backache and rough hands is a routine now. Well, I consulted to the doctor for my cartilagedamage in knee when the pain was persistent for 2 months. I really didnt take it seriously first.

-Anupama Patil, Artist

Doctor has told her to rest between every 2 hours of working for minimum of half an hour. Should this have

followed years ago at the onset of prolonged backache. This would not have happened. Moreover, she went

on to suffer from slip disk which limited her working hours from 12 hours to 4 hours or less in a day.

What do they have to say?


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3. ZOOM: MAJOR HAZARDSMood board

Reproduction Risks, Menstrual Risks, Pregnancy Risks

These are risks which an artist may be exposed to if the early symptoms not taken care of.


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Showing the use of Hazard causing materials like turpentine, toluene, thinners, spray guns,

etching metals, photographic baths, welding, dusts from pottery, mixing dry pigments and

dyes.

Then either show them with the help ofdramatisation or animation whichever is more

effective and feasable. [Dramatisation of the possible case studies and animation of the

situation which can arise if not taken care earlier like birth defects, miscarriages etc]

This can be clubbed with a doctors input to testify the facts (may be)

Treatment


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4. PRECAUTIONSMood board

Dramatisation of precautions which can be followed in the workplace and by the material

manufacturing companies.


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Submitted by

Aayushi Sachdeva

Semester 9

Film and Video Design

MIT Institute of Design

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