7 However, worker and employee have a legal responsible to look after safety and
health at workplace. Safety and health management system and programs are designed with the purpose of ensuring the safety, health and welfare of person at
work and protection to other people from hazards to safety and health arising from the activities of person at work.
The sound is also play an important part in our environmental especially in the workplace area. The unwanted sound will become a noise to human hearing and
effect the human peacefulness. The high noise can cause human to lose their hearing ability that is very important in human life. In the short term, the noise did not bring
any side effect to us but in the long term it can possibly hurt our hearing Ahmad, 2008.
Because of that, this study was conducted to identify the level of awareness worker about Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA regarding to hazard at
workplace. Besides, noise level exposures were access in order to reduce unwanted sound in the industry. This study is done in the working area at Miyazu Malaysia Sdn
Bhd MMSB, which is one of the parts of stamping die industry.
1.2 Problem Statement
Safety and Health issues are important in industries sector. Employer has responsible to ensure their worker comfort and safe during work. Industries selected for this
study involved manufacturing sector which include stamping die, plastic mould, module assembly, engineering services and production services. This company is
required to adhere to the requirements of the OSHA 1994 but it will be interesting to know how the level of awareness worker about Occupational Safety and Health
Administration OSHA and hazards in stamping die workplace. In order to measure the safety and health awareness among worker, it is importance to know condition of
workplace in the stamping die company.
8 Besides, worker of this company also exposed to noise but the stamping die areas
which exceed the OSHA standard is not identified. From that, it concern to know the noise level in the specified area. In addition, worker of these company not wear any
Personal Protection Equipment PPE such as ear plug or ear muff were they are exposed to noise during work. But, the PPE are provided.
1.3 Objectives
Three specific objectives have been simplified of this study. There are: i
To assess the safety and health awareness among stamping die company worker
ii To analyze the noise level of machine refers to OSHA standard.
iii To suggest the proper solution according to excessive noise level at stamping
die company
1.4 Scope of Project
This study was focused on the level of safety and health awareness worker at workplace. Interview and questionnaire conducted to evaluate the level of awareness
regarding to OSHA and hazard during visit the company. A questionnaire consists 22 question have been prepared for 30 workers. Noise level at this company was
measured using Digital Sound Level Meter and collected for each machine at Tooling Plant workplace. Based on the measurement, the most critical noise level is
identified and the proper solution suggested. Besides, noise mapping are used to identify which area are most critical exposed to noise. A questionnaire also used in
noise assessment to find relationship between noise measurement and comfortable of worker to noise at workplace. Then, some suggestions are proposed to reduce the
entire problem. In addition, this study focused on the work environment in Miyazu Malaysia Sdn Bhd MMSB at Tanjung Malim, Perak.
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1.5 Importance of Study
