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The basic principle of every organization is to provide a safe environment at all stages of the production cycle. Health and safety of the employee are equally important for the job to be done. Usually the term 'flour dust' could be referred to particles coming from finely milled cereal or non-cereal grains, the 'grain dust' consists of particles produced during grain harvesting and handling, excluding milling. Flour mills consist of heavy machinery that creates a heavy noise, finest flour particles throughout the industrial area. A lot of respiratory hazards and hearing issues due to the heavy noise created by the machinery. In these units, heavy noise created by the machinery causes hearing impairment among the workers and slips and falls in the working area. A random sampling method was followed to check the hazards encountered by the workers of flour mills in selected flour mills of Pudukkottai district. Clinical symptoms, respiratory illnesses, musculoskeletal problem were analysed. Many of them are uneducated and they are unaware of the importance of safety measures to be followed inside the industry premises. This study revealed the importance of educating and implementing safety measures like masks and ear muffs usage among the workers.