scholarly journals Occupational exposure to Noise and Heat in Plastic Factory in the Industrial City in Jeddah: التعرض المهني للضوضاء والإجهاد الحراري في مصنع البلاستيك في المنطقة الصناعية بجدة

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Mohammed Al-Jallab, Ahmed Saleh Summan, Mansour Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Noise Intensity ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Statistical Treatment ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Occupational Hazards ◽  
Exposure Limits ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Permissible Exposure Limits ◽  
Risk Of Exposure

This study evaluated some of the occupational hazards present in a plastic factory in Jeddah، Saudi Arabia، which accompanies the manufacturing process. This study aims to assess the level of exposure to noise intensity and heat stress for workers in the work environment during daily working hours، Measurements were performed daily for a period of four months. The researcher unloaded and analyzed the data with the appropriate statistical treatment using SPSS program. The results of the study showed that the average level of noise intensity ranges from (85.6 - 93.3 dB). Average of exposure to heat intensity (30، 57-31، 97) ° C. The study concluded that some of the workers in the factory are at risk of exposure to some occupational hazards such as increased noise intensity، and increased intensity of thermal stress exceeding the permissible exposure limits، according to the standards of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The researchers of this study provided recommendations and appropriate solutions to protect workers from the risks of the work environment، including the importance of wearing personal protective equipment، environmental assessment and periodic medical examination.

Playing Industrial Hygiene to Win

1992 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 72-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen Senn Tarlau
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Toluene Diisocyanate ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
Exposure Limits ◽  
Air Samples ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Permissible Exposure Limits ◽  
Personal Air Sampling ◽  
Nose And Throat

ITEM — Numerous workers become sensitized to toluene diisocyanate (TDI) at a plant manufacturing foam automobile seats. Personal air sampling conducted by corporate industrial hygienists consistently shows levels of TDI to be within all legal and recommended standards. ITEM — Dozens of workers in a new office building suffer eye, nose and throat irritation. Vendors who supplied the furniture, partitions and carpeting all reveal that they used formaldehyde in their products. Air samples collected by an indoor air quality consultant, however, show formaldehyde levels in compliance with the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard. ITEM — Workers at a construction site become ill and bulk samples of the soil reveal high levels of phenols and many other chemicals. Industrial hygienists from OSHA collect personal air samples but can find no violations of OSHA's Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs). ITEM — Machinery noise levels at a carburetor rebuilding factory create stressful working conditions and damage workers' hearing. An OSHA industrial hygienist measures noise levels high enough for management to require workers to wear ear plugs but not high enough to require management to quiet the machinery.

scholarly journals Possible hazards of work environment in metal processing industry in Latvia

2010 ◽  
Vol 64 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 61-65
Author(s):  
Inese Mārtiņsone ◽  
Mārīte-Ārija Baķe ◽  
Žanna Martinsone ◽  
Maija Eglīte
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Occupational Exposure ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Occupational Exposure Limits ◽  
Exposure Limits ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Metal Processing ◽  
Metal Processing Industry

Possible hazards of work environment in metal processing industry in Latvia The aim of this study was to investigate risk factors in the work environment of Latvian metal processing industry using the database of the Laboratory of Hygiene and Occupational Diseases of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, Rīga Stradiņš University. During the period between 1996 and 2005, 703 measurements were made in metalworking enterprises. In Latvia, approximately 2.4% of the workforce is involved in the metal processing industry. Physical (noise, lighting, vibration) and chemical (abrasive dust, welding aerosol and contained metals) risk factors were analysed. In the assessed metalworking workplaces, the work environment was estimated to be of poor quality, because occupational exposure limits or recommended values were exceeded in 42% (n = 294) of cases. Noise, manganese and welding aerosols most often exceeded the occupational exposure limits or recommended values, the significance was P < 0.001, P < 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively.

scholarly journals Sailors and the Risk of Asbestos-Related Cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8417
Author(s):  
Richard Lemen ◽  
Philip Landrigan
Keyword(s):  
Premature Death ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Exposure Limits ◽  
Related Disease ◽  
Occupationally Exposed ◽  
Amphibole Asbestos ◽  
Permissible Exposure Limits ◽  
Asbestos Related Disease ◽  
Risk Of Exposure ◽  
Shipyard Workers

Sailors have long been known to experience high rates of injury, disease, and premature death. Many studies have shown asbestos-related diseases among shipyard workers, but few have examined the epidemiology of asbestos-related disease and death among asbestos-exposed sailors serving on ships at sea. Chrysotile and amphibole asbestos were used extensively in ship construction for insulation, joiner bulkhead systems, pipe coverings, boilers, machinery parts, bulkhead panels, and many other uses, and asbestos-containing ships are still in service. Sailors are at high risk of exposure to shipboard asbestos, because unlike shipyard workers and other occupationally exposed groups, sailors both work and live at their worksite, making asbestos standards and permissible exposure limits (PELs). based on an 8-hour workday inadequate to protect their health elevated risks of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related cancers have been observed among sailors through epidemiologic studies. We review these studies here.

scholarly journals Prioritizing Safety Training for a More Personal Compliance of a Safe and Healthy Work Environment among Students and Staff of Higher Education Institutions of Selangor

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.30) ◽  
pp. 388
Author(s):  
Mokana Muthu Kumarasamy ◽  
Mazni Saad ◽  
Reeny Karlina Abdul Rauf ◽  
Noor Malinda Mohamed Mohan ◽  
Mohd Hanafi Azman Ong
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Safety Training ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Safe Work ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Positive Effect

Safety is an important element in an organization. A safe work space makes safety a priority throughout the organization. Improved safety will minimize job accidents, injuries, medical illnesses and death. Occupational safety and health (OSH) training that is provided by the top management of universities will create a safe and comfortable environment for both the staff and students. It also guarantees that every employee is safe in the workplace. Thus, the primary objective of this study is to investigate the effect of safety training towards personal compliance. A total of 234 questionnaires were distributed to 20 higher educational institutions in Selangor, Malaysia. A conclusion was reached once the data were analyzed using SPSS; that safety training (B = 0.364, t = 11.90, p <.01) significantly has a positive effect on Personal Compliance.  

An analysis of workplace exposures to asbestos at three steel mills located in the United States (1972-1982)

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 726-737
Author(s):  
Dana Hollins ◽  
Amanda Burns ◽  
Ken Unice ◽  
Dennis J Paustenbach
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Open Hearth ◽  
The United States ◽  
Blast Furnaces ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Steel Mill ◽  
Exposure Limits ◽  
Steel Mills ◽  
Safety And Health

The objective is to present historical asbestos airborne concentrations associated with activities involving presumably asbestos-containing materials in steel mills. A total of 138 historical industrial hygiene air samples collected in three US steel mills from 1972 to 1982 were analyzed. The majority of samples were collected during relining of open hearth furnaces, stoves, and blast furnaces by steel mill bricklayers and bricklayer helpers. Over 75% of the samples ( n = 106) were collected for 50 min or less, four samples were collected for 227 to 306 min, and sample durations were not reported for the remaining 28 samples. Average airborne fiber concentrations measured during relining activities of open hearth furnaces, stoves, and blast furnaces were 0.21 f/cc, 0.72 f/cc and 0.13 f/cc phase-contrast microscopy (PCM), respectively. Measured airborne fiber concentrations of four time-weighted average (TWA) samples (>227 min) averaged 0.045 f/cc. Estimated 8-h TWAs concentrations averaged 0.34 f/cc for bricklayers and 0.2 f/cc bricklayer helpers. While 8-h TWA concentration estimates for monitored tasks/jobs may often have exceeded current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs), they did not exceed relevant contemporaneous occupational exposure standards. This analysis provides a better understanding of historical airborne asbestos exposures that bricklayers and other tradesmen experienced during furnace and stove work in the US steel mills.

Working conditions in selected hospital rooms: results of a pilot study on noise, illumination and microclimate

2018 ◽  
Vol 567 (12) ◽  
pp. 17-21
Author(s):  
Bożena Smagowska ◽  
Dariusz Pleban ◽  
Andrzej Sobolewski ◽  
Andrzej Pawlak
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Measurement Methods ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Safety And Health

The article presents an assessment of three physical factors of the work environment, i.e. noise, illumination and microclimate in selected rooms of a hospital. The rooms were selected in cooperation with occupational safety and health services. Quantities characterizing noise, illumination and microclimate were measured in the operating room and in the sterilization and pathomorphology rooms. For this purpose, the measurement methods included in the standards were applied. The pilot study showed that noise limits were exceeded in terms of annoyance and that there is a need to improve illumination in the operating room, in the sterilization room and in the histological laboratory. In the operating and in the sterilization rooms, the requirement of thermal comfort was met with the assumption of low physical activity of employees, while in the pathomorphology room, changes are necessary.

scholarly journals AquaSafe: Aquaculture occupational safety and health in the palm of your hand

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-54
Author(s):  
Flavielle Blanco Marques ◽  
Giovani Nicolas Bettoni ◽  
Bruno Gomes Tavares Santos ◽  
Ayodeji A. Adeoye ◽  
Benito Guimaraes Brito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interfaces ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Hazards ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Software Application ◽  
Mobile Software ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Education Platform

The main objective of this study was to develop a freely available mobile software application and education platform in health and safety for aquaculture workers and managers.  The application, called AquaSafe, was created in Portuguese and English for the Android system using the Java 8 programming language and the Android Studio development environment. AquaSafe content focusses on the identification of hazards and health risks, hazardous sources and preventive measures for occupational health and safety in the aquaculture sector. It has three predominantly interactive user interfaces to reinforce the main messages, which include games in the form of compliance checklists, quizzes and question-answer tools. The software is designed to act as a platform for assessment and management of occupational hazards, guide decision making on simple techniques or measures to prevent injuries, diseases and fatalities during aquaculture activities. It is envisaged that the AquaSafe mobile software will contribute to the prevention of occupational injuries and diseases in aquaculture.

scholarly journals Analisis Penerapan Sistem K3 terhadap Kinerja Proyek Jalan Tol Cijago Seksi 2B PT Hutama Karya

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
Yunika Yunika
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Toll Road ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
S Curve ◽  
Noise Vibration

Recognizing the importance of occupational safety and health (K3) in order to provide a sense of security and prevent work accidents so as to increase morale or performance of other workers. The study discusses the effect of the application of occupational safety and health (K3) on the performance of construction project workers. Companies are requested to immediately apply the new Occupational Safety and Health (K3) standards as stated in the Minister of Manpower Regulation (Permenaker) No.5 of 2018 concerning K3. Employers and Management who do not meet the provisions in this Ministerial Regulation are subject to sanctions in accordance with the Law Number 1 of 1970 concerning Work Safety and Law Number 13 of 2003 concerning Employment. On this occasion the researchers used quantitative methods and the research was conducted at the Cijago Depok toll road during working hours. The average weighting value is 84%, so it can be said that the application of the safety management system and occupational health (SMK3) on the Cijago toll road section 2 B project has been running quite well and effectively. However, in this study, several variables have the lowest score and can affect project performance. Therefore, these variables will be given preventive variables including is variable which has a weight of <76%, namely: X13 which is a variable with the statement "The company presents the results of measurements of noise, vibration, temperature, dust to ensure the implementation of K3 is going well and correctly" therefore according to expert opinion there is a need for preventive measures. The variable that can affect project performance is the variable that has the highest weighting, X17 regarding "OHS regulations and procedures needed" with a weighting of 89% means that project performance is influenced by project workers who feel safe if there are OHS regulations and procedures required that are clearly described and as evidenced by the increase in the S curve

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