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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