India is the second-largest brick producer (after China) in the brickmaking industry. Due to rapid urbanisation, demands for bricks are increasing from day to day.

The brick kiln industry is one of the major unorganised sectors in India, where most of the jobs are performed manually. While performing the job, the workers suffer biomechanically, physiologically, and psychophysically. The workers are also exposed to high concentrations of dust and temperatures. The sustained awkward squatting posture adopted by the workers for more than 6 to 8 hours imposes severe musculoskeletal stress and is thereby likely to cause permanent musculoskeletal injury to the workers. The human body is not suitable for this type of unnatural stress. As per our previous study, the average age of the brick kiln workers is 28 years. Due to tremendous work-related stresses, people beyond 40 years of age are seldom visible in this operation.

Previous studies in India showed that workers in brick-making industries suffer from assorted health problems due to awkward postures while making bricks and transferring heavy loads, heavy manual load handling, working under high environmental temperatures with high levels of dust, and facing extensive drudgery.

The purpose of the project is, therefore, to develop low-tech appropriate technology by introducing a versatile product that can help to reduce the drudgery in the most unplanned industry, which is the brick-making industry. It should create value for the human cost involved in such an intense process as brick moulding.