India is the third largest producer of cotton after China and the United States. Ginning factories discharge largeamounts of cotton dust, which leads to various occupational health problems in the exposed subjects. Keeping this in viewa study was conducted to occupational problems faced by the workers in ginning mill in Dharawad taluka, Karnataka. Asurvey was conducted by interview method from ginning mill workers to elicit information regarding occupational healthproblems and use of personal protective equipment. It was revealed that majority of the respondents suffered from variousoccupational health problems like eye irritation (43.33%), irritation to ear (33.33%), back ache(30%), pain in hands(23.33%), and breathing problems and only 20percent of the respondents were use mask and apron.