Preliminary study of noise exposure among grass cutting workers in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Tengku Ismail, Tengku Hanidza, A. M. Jan, Amirah, Abdullah, Ramdzani, Jaafar Mad Ariff, Madinah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47996/1/47995.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47996/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813025986

The purpose of this study is to determine noise exposure among grass cutters. Eighteen grass cutters were monitored for 8 hours each, using the Noise dose meter. The workers were exposed to noise levels ranging from 84.3 dB(A) to 92.3 dB(A), TWA (mean 88.0 dB(A). The Lmax value ranged from 100.4 dB(...