Occupational Noise Exposure and Hearing Defects Among Sawmill Workers in the South of Thailand

Details

• Personal Author:
  Harada K ; Koizumi A ; Neitzel RL ; Siriwong W ; Thepaksorn P
• Description:
  The aim of this study was to investigate occupational noise exposure and hearing defects among sawmill workers in the south of Thailand. Seven hundred sawmill workers participated, of which 335 (47.9%) were male. The mean age of the sawmill workers was 33.5 years (SD 10.2), and more than 60% were <35 years old; 75.1% of the workers had less than 5 years of work experience. Only about one in four workers (25%) had been trained in use of personal protective equipment (PPE), and half of the participants never or rarely wore PPE while working. The prevalence rate of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) was 22.8% (N=42). Male workers had significantly higher risk than female workers (odds ratio [OR]=2.21). Workers aged older than 25 years had significantly higher risks for NIHL (OR=3.51-12.42) than workers younger than 25 years. Sawing workers had higher risk for NIHL than office workers (OR=3.07). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Age Factors Author Keywords: Occupational Noise Gender Factors Hearing Loss Noise-induced Hearing Loss Noise Exposure Noise Induced Hearing Loss Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment PPE Sawmills Sawmill Workers

  More +
• ISSN:
  1080-3548
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  458-466
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055357
• Citation:
  Int J Occup Saf Ergon 2019 Sep; 25(3):458-466
• Contact Point Address:
  Phayong Thepaksorn, Trang Research Center for Occupational Health, Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Thailand
• Email:
  phayongthep@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3205278c6de9a04e852b4bd12898f3c7c8e140a6e24252ae7d65e8237f9c49af95627767eddce6892f1c04a49692604b34940fbc0debe7329d69d19177846de3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217685/cdc_217685_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 413.17 KB ]