Volume 5, Issue 6, June – 2020 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology ISSN No:-2456-2165 IJISRT20JUN728 www.ijisrt.com 602 A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Occupational Hazards and Utilization of Safety Measures among Construction Labourers at Selected Construction Sites of Jodhpur Mukesh Soni 1 , Parvej Khan 2 Public Health Nursing Officer, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur 1 Nursing Lecturer, Department-Medical Surgical Nursing 2 Abstract Introduction Work plays an important role in people's lives as most workers spend at least 8 hours a day in the workplace whether it be in a building, office or factory. Occupational health is also a health concern regarding work and work. Occupational health not only protects health but also promotes health, emergency care, a wide range of preventative, therapeutic, rehabilitation services, an all-encompassing concept that can work to promote the health and wellbeing of employees. Construction work is considered a physically demanding task, usually under difficult conditions including hot, cold or wet weather. Construction workers closest to immigrants and members of other low-income groups are dealing with illness and injury resulting from work. Material and Methods Quantitative descriptive survey study approach and non experimental research design was used.Total 50 construction labourers working in construction site Jodhpur were selected by purposive sampling technique.Data collection by structured knowledge questionnaire and analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result Majority (60%) of the sample had average knowledge, and rest of 40% samples had good knowledge regarding occupational hazards and utilization of safety measures.The overall knowledge score with mean ± SD is 19.88 ± 2.007 and mean percent knowledge of 66.27% Conclusion It was evident that there was a statistically significant relationship between the knowledge of construction workers on the different materials selected. Gender variables, Monthly Income and Work Experience found significant relationships at the 0.05 level and, religion and educational status were not significant at the 0.05 level. Thus the old saying that there would be a significant relationship between the knowledge of construction workers in relation to occupational hazards and the use of safety and diversity measures is welcome. Keyword:- Assess, Knowledge, Construction labourers,Occupational hazards,Safety measures. I. INTRODUCTION Occupational health nurse is concerned with the nurse's role in obtaining comprehensive health care at work and is instrumental in improving health care, protecting the health of disabled employees. Nurses on the job can play a major role in the promotion, prevention, prevention and management of diseases and disabilities. His colleagues make up the biggest and most important team in the world. The global workforce is almost 2600 million and 75% of these people work in developing countries. The total workforce in India is estimated at 317 million and the official sector spends only 26.8 Million (8.5%) on the unauthorized sector, reaching 290,2 million (91.5%). The Indian sector remains hard-working and often uses inexpensive and risky technology because of the financial crisis and is especially true in the less formal sector. The Construction Industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world, including India. It's a working class. It employs a large portion of the population. Construction contracts are often members of the informal economy and consequently have no basic assets. Apart from this, most of the construction projects or sites where the workers are working are not structured naturally. Thus, these areas are often not governed by laws designed for the health and well-being of workers. Construction is one of the key industries that employs a large number of its employees. There are many different functions involved. Due to the advent of industrialization and recent developments, this sector plays an important role in the construction of buildings, roads, bridges and so on. Workers in this sector are victims of job disruption and stress. In India, they are members of organized and organized sectors. However, data on mental health and mental health pressure are limited in our country. It is true that a large number of workers come from informal sectors - long hours of work - the work environment is not good - working conditions are not expected in many cases and involve risks. Their pay is also inadequate, making it