Sharma Kavya, Zodpey Sanjay P, Tiwari Rajnarayan R
Academics Department, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India.
Toxicol Ind Health. 2013 Jul;29(6):483-9. doi: 10.1177/0748233711430981. Epub 2012 Jan 18.
Industrial growth in India has resulted in increased employment opportunities, thereby inflating the size of the workforce engaged in both organized and unorganized sectors. This workforce is exposed to various occupational factors at workplace and hence is susceptible to occupational diseases, which requires trained occupational health manpower. The present study is undertaken to estimate the need and supply gap of occupational health manpower, based on present regulations. The total workforce in the organized sector in India is 26.92 million. There are 254,951 working registered industrial factories in India, with about 11.16 million workers. These factories have employed 6953 factory medical officers (FMOs) and 2308 safety officers (SOs). Hence, for 26.92 million of total workforce engaged in organized sector, we would require a total of 16,728 FMOs and 5619 SOs, thereby estimating the deficit of 58% for FMOs and 59% for SOs based on current ratio of employment.
印度的工业增长带来了更多就业机会，从而使在有组织和无组织部门工作的劳动力规模膨胀。这些劳动力在工作场所接触到各种职业因素，因此易患职业病，这就需要训练有素的职业健康人力。本研究旨在根据现行法规估算职业健康人力的供需差距。印度有组织部门的劳动力总数为2692万。印度有254951家注册运营的工业工厂，约有1116万名工人。这些工厂雇佣了6953名工厂医务人员（FMO）和2308名安全官员（SO）。因此，对于从事有组织部门工作的2692万劳动力总数而言，我们总共需要16728名工厂医务人员和5619名安全官员，从而根据当前就业比例估算出工厂医务人员短缺58%，安全官员短缺59%。
