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A study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and productivity in plastic based industry

National Symposium on Advancements in Ergonomics and Safety (ERGOSYM2009), 1st – 2nd December 2009, Perlis, Malaysia

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Main Authors: Baba, Md Deros, Haniff, M. H. M., D. Mohamad, Yee, T. J., A. R. Ismail
Other Authors: hjbaba@eng.ukm.my
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2014
Subjects:
Noise
Exposure
Effects
Health
Safety
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/37412
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spelling my.unimap-374122014-10-15T04:40:38Z A study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and productivity in plastic based industry Baba, Md Deros Haniff, M. H. M. D. Mohamad Yee, T. J. A. R. Ismail hjbaba@eng.ukm.my Noise Exposure Effects Health Safety National Symposium on Advancements in Ergonomics and Safety (ERGOSYM2009), 1st – 2nd December 2009, Perlis, Malaysia The objective of this paper is to present a study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and influence to their productivity performance. In this study noise levels were measured at several work locations to determine whether there noise problems or not. Employees may suffer permanent hearing loss due over exposure to high noise level. Therefore, noise level measurement is an important activity at workplace to preserve employees hearing capability and implementing noise control procedure. Sound level meter and noise dosimeter were used for measuring noise level and noise dose at the designated work locations. The study was carried out at three different plants in plastics based industry. The results of the study shows all the work location in the three plants are within the allowable levels according to the First Schedule of Factories and Machinery (Noise Exposure) Regulations 1989, which falls under the Factories and Machinery Act. 5. In essence, the authors could conclude that workers working in plastic based industry in Malaysia are not over exposed to high noise levels beyond the permissible limits as required by law. 2014-10-15T04:40:38Z 2014-10-15T04:40:38Z 2009-12-01 Article p.100-103 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/37412 en Proceeding of the National Symposium on Advancements in Ergonomics and Safety (ERGOSYM2009); Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
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topic Noise
Exposure
Effects
Health
Safety
spellingShingle Noise
Exposure
Effects
Health
Safety
Baba, Md Deros
Haniff, M. H. M.
D. Mohamad
Yee, T. J.
A. R. Ismail
A study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and productivity in plastic based industry
description National Symposium on Advancements in Ergonomics and Safety (ERGOSYM2009), 1st – 2nd December 2009, Perlis, Malaysia
author2 hjbaba@eng.ukm.my
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Baba, Md Deros
Haniff, M. H. M.
D. Mohamad
Yee, T. J.
A. R. Ismail
format Article
author Baba, Md Deros
Haniff, M. H. M.
D. Mohamad
Yee, T. J.
A. R. Ismail
author_sort Baba, Md Deros
title A study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and productivity in plastic based industry
title_short A study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and productivity in plastic based industry
title_full A study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and productivity in plastic based industry
title_fullStr A study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and productivity in plastic based industry
title_full_unstemmed A study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and productivity in plastic based industry
title_sort study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and productivity in plastic based industry
publisher Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
publishDate 2014
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/37412
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