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What is Biological Hazards

Chapter 11
Managing Operations Throughout Global Supply Chains
It refers to the biological substances which may cause harmful effects to the health of living organisms.
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Occupational Health and Safety Hazards in Agriculture: A Study on the Risks Involved for the Sustainability
Debesh Mishra (KIIT University, India) and Suchismita Satapathy (KIIT University, India)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8157-4.ch011
Abstract
Within the agricultural sector, it becomes essential worldwide to analyze the magnitude of OHS problems. However, there is a lack of study in Odisha (India) to assess the prevailing situations. Hence, an attempt was made in this study to explore the issues related to OHS among the farmers of Odisha in India. There is a dual main contribution in this study. At first the occupational health and safety issues of farmers of Odisha in India were analyzed based on the literature review and the data collected by personal interaction and questionnaires. In the second part, the step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA) method was used to rank the different farming processes, as well as different risks involved in various farming activities.
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