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Noise risk assessment on noise exposure among urban rail maintenance worker using personal monitoring method

Urban Rail maintenance work usually involves a lot of daily mainte-nance work as proper maintenance must always be a priority for the rail industry to ensure the passengers are always comfortable and safe. These maintenance activities expose the technician to noise as they handle a lot of hand tools...

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Main Authors: J., M. Mifzal-Nazhan, Sani, Azlis, Nor-Azali, A., Annuar, Y. Nur, Shahrul-Azhar, S., Zulhelmi, Mohd
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Language:English
Published: 2023
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T Technology (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/11138/1/P16657_e2e80e43bf6ed5c0beae0b4951238f64%204.pdf
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spelling my.uthm.eprints.111382024-06-10T02:03:13Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/11138/ Noise risk assessment on noise exposure among urban rail maintenance worker using personal monitoring method J., M. Mifzal-Nazhan Sani, Azlis Nor-Azali, A. Annuar, Y. Nur Shahrul-Azhar, S. Zulhelmi, Mohd T Technology (General) Urban Rail maintenance work usually involves a lot of daily mainte-nance work as proper maintenance must always be a priority for the rail industry to ensure the passengers are always comfortable and safe. These maintenance activities expose the technician to noise as they handle a lot of hand tools and machinery while performing their tasks. Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) is a major compensable occupational disease in Malaysia due to excessive noise-exposed above the permissible daily noise exposure limit. This study aimed to conduct Personal Monitoring as a part of Noise Risk Assessment (NRA) to meas-ure the level of noise exposure received among maintenance technicians in the excessive noise area. This study focuses on the areas and tasks involved in the Track Network Maintenance Hall (TNMH) and Track Vehicle Storage Building (TVSB) at one of the urban rail companies. Noise Risk Assessment was the se-lected method to measure the level of noise exposure among maintenance tech-nicians in the excessive noise area. The Personal Monitoring method was con-ducted as suggested in the ICOP provided by DOSH Malaysia. Data recorded shows that a total of 2 out of 3 technicians were exposed with a daily noise ex-posure limit exceeding 85dB(A) for 8 hours working shift. The exposure level was currently controlled by practicing the usage of a Personal Hearing Protector (PHP). Thus, this study confirmed that maintenance workers were exposed to high noise levels when performing their maintenance tasks 2023-02-14 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/11138/1/P16657_e2e80e43bf6ed5c0beae0b4951238f64%204.pdf J., M. Mifzal-Nazhan and Sani, Azlis and Nor-Azali, A. and Annuar, Y. Nur and Shahrul-Azhar, S. and Zulhelmi, Mohd (2023) Noise risk assessment on noise exposure among urban rail maintenance worker using personal monitoring method. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2ND HUMAN ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM. HUMENS 2023. LECTURE NOTES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
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J., M. Mifzal-Nazhan
Sani, Azlis
Nor-Azali, A.
Annuar, Y. Nur
Shahrul-Azhar, S.
Zulhelmi, Mohd
Noise risk assessment on noise exposure among urban rail maintenance worker using personal monitoring method
description Urban Rail maintenance work usually involves a lot of daily mainte-nance work as proper maintenance must always be a priority for the rail industry to ensure the passengers are always comfortable and safe. These maintenance activities expose the technician to noise as they handle a lot of hand tools and machinery while performing their tasks. Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) is a major compensable occupational disease in Malaysia due to excessive noise-exposed above the permissible daily noise exposure limit. This study aimed to conduct Personal Monitoring as a part of Noise Risk Assessment (NRA) to meas-ure the level of noise exposure received among maintenance technicians in the excessive noise area. This study focuses on the areas and tasks involved in the Track Network Maintenance Hall (TNMH) and Track Vehicle Storage Building (TVSB) at one of the urban rail companies. Noise Risk Assessment was the se-lected method to measure the level of noise exposure among maintenance tech-nicians in the excessive noise area. The Personal Monitoring method was con-ducted as suggested in the ICOP provided by DOSH Malaysia. Data recorded shows that a total of 2 out of 3 technicians were exposed with a daily noise ex-posure limit exceeding 85dB(A) for 8 hours working shift. The exposure level was currently controlled by practicing the usage of a Personal Hearing Protector (PHP). Thus, this study confirmed that maintenance workers were exposed to high noise levels when performing their maintenance tasks
format Conference or Workshop Item
author J., M. Mifzal-Nazhan
Sani, Azlis
Nor-Azali, A.
Annuar, Y. Nur
Shahrul-Azhar, S.
Zulhelmi, Mohd
author_facet J., M. Mifzal-Nazhan
Sani, Azlis
Nor-Azali, A.
Annuar, Y. Nur
Shahrul-Azhar, S.
Zulhelmi, Mohd
author_sort J., M. Mifzal-Nazhan
title Noise risk assessment on noise exposure among urban rail maintenance worker using personal monitoring method
title_short Noise risk assessment on noise exposure among urban rail maintenance worker using personal monitoring method
title_full Noise risk assessment on noise exposure among urban rail maintenance worker using personal monitoring method
title_fullStr Noise risk assessment on noise exposure among urban rail maintenance worker using personal monitoring method
title_full_unstemmed Noise risk assessment on noise exposure among urban rail maintenance worker using personal monitoring method
title_sort noise risk assessment on noise exposure among urban rail maintenance worker using personal monitoring method
publishDate 2023
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/11138/1/P16657_e2e80e43bf6ed5c0beae0b4951238f64%204.pdf
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