Metal Casting is the primary manufacturing process handled by foundrymen. Molding, melting, Liquid metal pouring and fettling are the main jobs to perform. Generally, the temperature of the molten metal handled by the workers for nonferrous industry varies from 800–12000C and for ferrous it varies from 1600–20000C. So, safety precautions need extensive care to perform such operations for ferrous and nonferrous both type of foundry need. Few fields visit were made to understand the working conditions of the skilled and unskilled foundrymen. Several discoveries found in terms of process and manufacturing, health hazards and accidents during production due to negligence of safety precautions and standards taken by the competent authority and the socioeconomic background of the workers. The authors proposed and tried to implement the basic safety requirement for the foundry industry.

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1. Mgonja CT. A review on effects of hazards in foundries to workers and environment. Int J Innov Sci Eng Technol. 2017;4(6):326–34.
2. Santhipushan R. Hazard identification and risk assessment in foundry. Int J Nov Res Dev. [Internet]. [cited 2025 Mar 7].
3. Ulewicz R, Novy F, Dwornicka R. Quality and work safety in metal foundry. Metal Conference Proceedings. 2020 May 20–22; Brno, Czech Republic.
4. Khanpara K. Occupational health and safety requirements for foundry and construction workers in India. Int J Dent Med Sci Res. 2022;4(1):360–5.
5. Roy S, Debnath S, Datta PK, Pramanick AK. Investigation of Dhokra Casting in Light of Modern Engineering Technique. Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels. 2023 Nov 30:2348–57.
6. Gokulakrishnan G, Balamurugan M. Workplace safety and health conditions in small-scale foundries. Int J Res Publ Rev. [Internet]. [cited 2025 Mar 7].
7. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam. Wikipedia.[Internet]. [cited 2025 Mar 7]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtriya_Ispat_Nigam.
8. Ministry of Steel, Government of India. Safety guidelines in the iron and steel sector. [Internet]. [cited 2025 Mar 7]. Available from: https://steel.gov.in/en/safety/safety-guidelines-iron-steel-sector.
9. Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Safety measures in the steel industry. [Internet]. [cited 2025 Mar 7]. Available from: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2037429.
10. Occupational health and safety requirements. iPleaders Blog. [Internet]. [cited 2025 Mar 7]. Available from: https://blog.ipleaders.in/occupational-health-safety-requirements/.

Metal Casting is the primary manufacturing process handled by foundrymen. Molding, melting, Liquid metal pouring and fettling are the main jobs to perform. Generally, the temperature of the molten metal handled by the workers for nonferrous industry varies from 800–12000C and for ferrous it varies from 1600–20000C. So, safety precautions need extensive care to perform such operations for ferrous and nonferrous both type of foundry need. Few fields visit were made to understand the working conditions of the skilled and unskilled foundrymen. Several discoveries found in terms of process and manufacturing, health hazards and accidents during production due to negligence of safety precautions and standards taken by the competent authority and the socioeconomic background of the workers. The authors proposed and tried to implement the basic safety requirement for the foundry industry.

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1. Mgonja CT. A review on effects of hazards in foundries to workers and environment. Int J Innov Sci Eng Technol. 2017;4(6):326–34.
2. Santhipushan R. Hazard identification and risk assessment in foundry. Int J Nov Res Dev. [Internet]. [cited 2025 Mar 7].
3. Ulewicz R, Novy F, Dwornicka R. Quality and work safety in metal foundry. Metal Conference Proceedings. 2020 May 20–22; Brno, Czech Republic.
4. Khanpara K. Occupational health and safety requirements for foundry and construction workers in India. Int J Dent Med Sci Res. 2022;4(1):360–5.
5. Roy S, Debnath S, Datta PK, Pramanick AK. Investigation of Dhokra Casting in Light of Modern Engineering Technique. Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels. 2023 Nov 30:2348–57.
6. Gokulakrishnan G, Balamurugan M. Workplace safety and health conditions in small-scale foundries. Int J Res Publ Rev. [Internet]. [cited 2025 Mar 7].
7. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam. Wikipedia.[Internet]. [cited 2025 Mar 7]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtriya_Ispat_Nigam.
8. Ministry of Steel, Government of India. Safety guidelines in the iron and steel sector. [Internet]. [cited 2025 Mar 7]. Available from: https://steel.gov.in/en/safety/safety-guidelines-iron-steel-sector.
9. Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Safety measures in the steel industry. [Internet]. [cited 2025 Mar 7]. Available from: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2037429.
10. Occupational health and safety requirements. iPleaders Blog. [Internet]. [cited 2025 Mar 7]. Available from: https://blog.ipleaders.in/occupational-health-safety-requirements/.