Occupational noise exposure among road construction workers

• Main Authors: Said, K. M., Haron, Zaiton, Aziz, Aziz Saim, Abidin, M. Z., Yahya, Khairulzan, Han, Lim Ming
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM 2014
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54299/1/K.M.Said2014_Occupationalnoiseexposureamong.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54299/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v70.3571
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This study aims to evaluate noise exposure and prevalence of hearing loss among typical road construction workers. Personal noise dosimeter was used to obtain the noise exposure profile of heavy equipment operators that are working on various stages; road work, trade work and pavement work. Symptoms...