The paper reviews a range of global aquaculture health and safety literature to inform and contribute to the development of a socio-economic profile of Indian shrimp farm workers including the occupational hazards and injuries they face. In addition, 60 shrimp farm workers were interviewed from each of the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. The study revealed that all shrimp farm workers were male, 58% were migrants, and ages ranged from 23 to 53 years with work experience of 5 to 24 years. Few workers (14%) had no formal schooling and many had secondary-level education. Reported physical hazards were high (93%) followed by biological (82%), chemical (77%), ergonomic (71%) and psycho-social (71%) hazards. The majority of physical injuries reported related to slips, falls and cuts (51%), electric shocks (44%), sunburn (41%), dehydration/headaches (40%) and fractures (27%). Approximately 30%–39% had some chemical injury with skin infections/breathing problems. Indian shrimp farm workers face similar occupational hazards and injuries to shrimp farm workers in other countries. The occupational health and safety of shrimp farm workers should be integrated into the concept of ‘One Health’ to ensure aquaculture sustainability and safe, meaningful and good quality employment to workers.

本文回顾了一系列全球水产养殖健康和安全文献，为印度养虾场工人的社会经济状况的发展提供信息和贡献，包括他们面临的职业危害和伤害。此外，还采访了来自安得拉邦、马哈拉施特拉邦、古吉拉特邦和泰米尔纳德邦各邦的 60 名养虾场工人。研究显示，养虾场工人全部为男性，58%是农民工，年龄在23至53岁之间，工作经验在5至24年之间。很少有工人（14%）没有受过正规教育，许多人接受过中等教育。报告的物理危害较高（93%），其次是生物危害（82%）、化学危害（77%）、人体工程学危害（71%）和社会心理危害（71%）。报告的大多数身体伤害与滑倒、跌倒和割伤 (51%)、电击 (44%)、晒伤（41%）、脱水/头痛（40%）和骨折（27%）。大约 30%–39% 的人受到化学损伤并伴有皮肤感染/呼吸问题。印度养虾场工人面临着与其他国家养虾场工人类似的职业危害和伤害。对虾养殖场工人的职业健康和安全应融入“一个健康”的理念，以确保水产养殖的可持续发展和工人安全、有意义和优质的就业。