IJFWS Assessments of environment and safety in small and micro-enterprise: Furniture factory Pradeep Kumar Poddar 1 and Omprakash Sahu 2* 1 Department of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, University Malaysia Pahang, Kauntan, Malaysia 2* Department of Chemical Engineering, KIOT, Wollo University (SW), Ethiopia The dynamic role of micro and small enterprises in developing countries as engines through which the growth objectives of developing countries can be achieved has long been recognized. Furniture Factory has its own impact and issue on the society and environment. Wood furniture manufacturing process uses many chemicals and natural resources. It generates considerable amounts of waste materials as well. The operations activities include drying, sawing, waxing, sanding, and finishing, all of which may release pollutants into the air and may contribute to health concerns in the operation and in the community. In most developing countries, small and micro industry faces constraints both at start up phases and after their establishment. The objective of this study has been developed to discover how to Improve work environment and worker safety and to comply with the standards. Moreover, to further minimize impacts on human health and the environment. Keywords: Chemical, environment, health’s, waste, recycle INTRODUCTION The establishment of the small and micro enterprise furniture factory producer’s organization tries to solve the problem of unemployment and provide quality products for the society, which simplify the task of government (Rami and Ahmed, 2007). However, there are different chemicals, dusts and solid wastes produced during production process by cutting, splitting to lumber size, surface coating, preserving of wood by chemicals, sanding with the combination of chemicals after coating and applied to increase the attractiveness of the appearance (Paul and Rahel, 2010). At the end of production process, these wastes would be released in the form of gases and solid wastes to the environmental. Finishing chemicals also released from coated surface in to the air, which may contribute to health concerns in the operation and in the community (Dereje, 2008). Moreover wood furniture manufacturing facilities deal with many things that can affect the environment (Martin, 2010). Materials such as paints, wood treatments, stains, varnishes, polishes, and adhesives can harm the environment and people if they are not properly managed. If the current situation continuous in this trend, the problem will not remain in local rather worse or aggravates at the national level which directly affected social economic development of the country (John et al., 2007). *Correspondence author: Omprakash Sahu, Department of Chemical Engineering, KIOT, Wollo University, Kombolcha (SW), Ethiopia. Email:ops0121@gmail.com; Tel: +251933520653 International Journal of Forestry and Wood Science Vol. 2(1), pp. 023-030, January, 2015. © www.premierpublishers.org. ISSN: 2167-0465x Research Article