Pakistan is blessed with large reserves, in which marble reserves are the most economic one. Marble industry are one of those industries which requires a large number of labors. Marble processing is very risky starting from extraction to the end product. In marble processing material handling are mostly common in which labor’s manual handling in different activities are frequent. Also the environment is unsafe for workers within industry and for the residents nearby. To assess different types of risk and unsafe methods in marble industry a questionnaire was conducted. Through that questionnaire some risky activities were assessed and also the availability of some basic safety and health related facilities were checked. Many preventive measurements are to be taken to make the marble processing safe and supportive for the environment. For this few recommendations are also mentioned in this paper.
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