Vol. 11, Special Issue 12 (2022)

Agriculture workers perform strenuous tasks and are exposed to a wide variety of occupational risks and hazards. Low socio-economic status and poor access to health care also contribute to existing health problems among the farm women. Farm workers face severe health hazards during vegetable plucking such as cuts and wounds in hands, hardness of skin, itching, blisters and abrasions. These work related hazards are ignored by the farmwomen, yet constantly affect their health as well as work efficacy. Hence user friendly hand gloves designed for vegetable plucking and assessed for functional and performance parameters. The Weighted Mean Scores depicted that the denim hand gloves were suitable with respect to weather condition and comfortable for fingers movement and increasing the work efficiency as opined by farm women. Whereas farm men expressed that knitted hand gloves were more comfortable with respect to size and fingers movement. Further there is a need to create awareness among the agricultural workers for usage and benefits of protective hand gloves.