“A Study and Evaluation of Stress Levels in Industry”

Abstract

Anything that possesses a challenge or a threat to our well-being is stress. Stress is a universal element at work and all human beings have to face stress in all walks of life. The consequences of stress are a deviation from the existing individual determinants of the human life that could be attributed to health, work environment and work related problems in the work system of industries. Work related stress is reflected in physiological, emotional & behavioral effects of worker. Today’s worker faces challenge of stress on one hand & pain on the other. Postural stress causes discomfort in the neck, back and arms resulting in fatigue and fidgeting. The aim is to evaluate various factors of stresses accountable to musculoskeletal pain and help to develop a good solution. The focus of this paper is to find out and compare the impact of stress levels among garment occupational groups. Data gathered is analyzed through tabulated results and meaningful graphs. A Statistical analysis is carried out to identify the stress levels based on questionnaire and a reliability check is made to come out with a multiple regression analysis