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The evaluation of heat stress on steel mill workers through monitoring of environmental and acute physiological changes

Background: A heat stress problem is one of the physical hazards that encountered tropical countries such as Malaysia. Most of steel mill workers were exposed to hot working condition in a different work process. The effect of heat stress has been identified pose an effect to physiological, health p...

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Main Authors: Hasan, Nurul, Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri, Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah, Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom
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Published: American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2014
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spelling my.upm.eprints.356992016-02-04T00:57:54Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35699/ The evaluation of heat stress on steel mill workers through monitoring of environmental and acute physiological changes Hasan, Nurul Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom Background: A heat stress problem is one of the physical hazards that encountered tropical countries such as Malaysia. Most of steel mill workers were exposed to hot working condition in a different work process. The effect of heat stress has been identified pose an effect to physiological, health problem and also performance. Objective: The aim of present study was to evaluate the socio demographic factors, environmental factors and physiological factors that contribute to heat stress. Results: The WBGTin indoor during work varied from 26.5°C to 30.6°C. Six out of eight work stations monitored had temperatures regularly exceeded the Threshold Limit Values (TLV). The result also indicate that there was no significant different of systolic blood pressure among the respondents (p>0.05). Changes in heart rate significantly indicate the heat strain among the respondents (P<0.001). The regression analysis suggested monthly income (p<0.001), air velocity (P<0.05), shift work (p<0.001), metabolic rate (p<0.05) and heart rate (p<0.01) were the factors that can contribute to heat stress. Conclusion: The steel mill plant was considered as a hot workplace area since most of their workplaces were exceed the acceptable temperatures, 28.0°C according to American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienist (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value (TLV). American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2014 Article PeerReviewed Hasan, Nurul and Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri and Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah and Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom (2014) The evaluation of heat stress on steel mill workers through monitoring of environmental and acute physiological changes. Advances in Environmental Biology, 8 (15). pp. 177-183. ISSN 1995-0756; ESSN: 1998-1066 http://www.aensiweb.com/old/aeb_Special8-ICEOH_2014.html
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description Background: A heat stress problem is one of the physical hazards that encountered tropical countries such as Malaysia. Most of steel mill workers were exposed to hot working condition in a different work process. The effect of heat stress has been identified pose an effect to physiological, health problem and also performance. Objective: The aim of present study was to evaluate the socio demographic factors, environmental factors and physiological factors that contribute to heat stress. Results: The WBGTin indoor during work varied from 26.5°C to 30.6°C. Six out of eight work stations monitored had temperatures regularly exceeded the Threshold Limit Values (TLV). The result also indicate that there was no significant different of systolic blood pressure among the respondents (p>0.05). Changes in heart rate significantly indicate the heat strain among the respondents (P<0.001). The regression analysis suggested monthly income (p<0.001), air velocity (P<0.05), shift work (p<0.001), metabolic rate (p<0.05) and heart rate (p<0.01) were the factors that can contribute to heat stress. Conclusion: The steel mill plant was considered as a hot workplace area since most of their workplaces were exceed the acceptable temperatures, 28.0°C according to American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienist (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value (TLV).
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author Hasan, Nurul
Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah
Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom
spellingShingle Hasan, Nurul
Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah
Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom
The evaluation of heat stress on steel mill workers through monitoring of environmental and acute physiological changes
author_facet Hasan, Nurul
Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah
Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom
author_sort Hasan, Nurul
title The evaluation of heat stress on steel mill workers through monitoring of environmental and acute physiological changes
title_short The evaluation of heat stress on steel mill workers through monitoring of environmental and acute physiological changes
title_full The evaluation of heat stress on steel mill workers through monitoring of environmental and acute physiological changes
title_fullStr The evaluation of heat stress on steel mill workers through monitoring of environmental and acute physiological changes
title_full_unstemmed The evaluation of heat stress on steel mill workers through monitoring of environmental and acute physiological changes
title_sort evaluation of heat stress on steel mill workers through monitoring of environmental and acute physiological changes
publisher American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35699/
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