NOISE EXPOSURE AT WORKPLACE - Winner of HR Minister Award 2017
[Pages:56]NOISE EXPOSURE AT WORKPLACE
DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH MALAYSIA
SCOPE OF PRESENTATION
? BACKGROUND & RATIONALE ? WHAT IS NOISE ? NOISE REGULATIONS ? ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE TO NOISE ? NOISE CONTROL
? OCCUPATIONAL HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAMME (HCP) AND AUDIOMETRY
? AUDIOMETRIC TESTING ? INFORMATION, INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING TO
EMPLOYEES ? RECORD KEEPING
BACKGROUND
? POTENTIAL HEARING IMPAIRMENT GOVERNED BY ? LEVEL OF NOISE ? THE DURATION OF EXPOSURE
? STUDIES HAVE SHOWN EXPOSURE AT 90 dB (A) OVER 30-40 YEARS WILL PROTECT ONLY ABOUT 80% OF WORKING POPULATION
? LOCAL STUDIES CONDUCTED 1983-1990 ? 302 FACTORIES; 45,974 WORKERS ? ABOUT 50% AT RISK OF IMPAIRMENT ? 22% WORKERS HAD IMPAIRMENT ? 70% EXPOSED TO LEVELS > 90dBA ? MEDIAN AGE 28 YEARS
NOISY INDUSTRIES : % WORKERS AT RISK
? TEXTILE MILLS (59.2 %) ? STEEL MILLS (54.9 %) ? CHEMICAL INDUSTRY (52.9 %) ? BEVERAGE MFG. (52.1%) ? MINERAL PRODUCTS MFG. (51.8 %) ? FOOD MANUFACTURING (49.4 %) ? METAL PRODUCT MFG. (48.9 %) ? PALM OIL MILL (48.9 %)
No of NIHL Cases Reported to DOSH (2003-2015)
6000 5000
5366
No of Cases Reported to DOSH
4000
3000
2000
1000
39 0
2003
118 2004
190 2005
106 2006
120 2007
169 2008
427
2009 Year
467 2010
517 2011
867 2012
1395 2013
2047 2014
2015
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